Snitch : informants, cooperators & the corruption of justice /: informants, cooperators & the corruption of justice. (2007)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Snitch : informants, cooperators & the corruption of justice /: informants, cooperators & the corruption of justice. (2007)
- Main Title:
- Snitch : informants, cooperators & the corruption of justice
- 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.
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- 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).
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- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.132047
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