Snitch : informants, cooperators & the corruption of justice /: informants, cooperators & the corruption of justice. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ethan Brown.
• Other Names: Brown, Ethan, 1972-
• Contents: Feeding the federal beast : Giuliani day, Congress's anticrime bills, and candy bar justice -- Bad to worse : snitching scandals, coddled cooperators -- King Tut's third strike : the murder of Tupac, three strikes legislation and the fall of Brooklyn's most storied hustler -- Line 'em up and indict 'em : the cooperator casting call that brought down Euka Wadlington -- Mark's bad trip : the shaky science that led to increased penalties for ecstasy dealing and the dealer who turned cooperator because of them -- Brotherhood of the bookstore : the $100, 000 informant, the Thirty-fourth Street bomb plot, and the preemptive indictment brought by the feds -- Jonathan Luna's last days : the rap label, the rogue cooperator, and the murdered prosecutor -- Killer cooperators : the Harvey family and St. Guillen murders -- Stop snitching : the barber, the corrupt cops, and the prosecutor on the frontlines of the battle over witness intimidation in Baltimore -- A session with sessions : sentencing reform and snitching solutions.
• Publisher Details: New York : PublicAffairs
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (270 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 363.25/2; Informers -- United States; Informers -- United States -- Case studies; Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States; Drug control -- United States; Law enforcement -- United States; Drug control -- United States; Informers -- United States; Law enforcement -- United States; Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States; LAW -- Forensic Science; Drug control; Informers; Law enforcement; Sentences (Criminal procedure); United States; Electronic books; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781586486334; 1586486330
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-254) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.