Criminologists Detail the Personal and Professional Costs of Using Confidential Informants

Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 19:41 in Health & Medicine

Interviews with law enforcement officers who work with confidential drug informants reveal that the practice, while aiding in investigations and arrests, can also extract huge personal, professional and organizational costs, according to research published in a new book this month. For “Speaking Truth to Power: Confidential Informants and Police Investigations,” criminologists Dean Dabney of Georgia […]

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