Shifts in police-informant negotiations

Global Crime

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-305

  Turcotte, Mathilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperating defendants; Cooperation; Covert policing; Criminal justice policies; Handler informant relationship; Informants; Law enforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649198896     PISSN: 17440572     EISSN: 17440580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17440570802543508     Document Type: Article

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