Speaking truth to power: confidential informants and police investigations

"Domestic drug enforcement takes many forms, from the rural patrol officer who happens upon a small-scale mobile 'shake and bake' methamphetamine lab during a routine traffic stop, to the city narcotics detective who initiates a low-level buy-bust operation that nets a few hits of cra...

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Authors: Dabney, Dean A. 1968- (Author) ; Tewksbury, Richard A. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press [2016]
In:Year: 2016
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: 56 A 7276
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