Speaking Truth to Power

Confidential Informants and Police Investigations

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology
Cover of the book Speaking Truth to Power by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury, University of California Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury ISBN: 9780520964624
Publisher: University of California Press Publication: August 2, 2016
Imprint: University of California Press Language: English
Author: Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
ISBN: 9780520964624
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication: August 2, 2016
Imprint: University of California Press
Language: English

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 crack cocaine on the street corner, to the local, state, and federal agents working in multiagency task forces that coordinate a sting operation that nets thousands of kilos of near-pure cocaine being transported by tractor-trailer. Regardless of the form, there is a high probability that these authorities have exploited access to known offenders and exerted pressure on those individuals to gather inside information on illicit drug sales. These confidential informants provide intelligence on the inner workings of drug operations in exchange for leniency or remuneration, providing a relatively cheap source of intelligence that fuels much of the ongoing war on drugs. In other instances, law enforcement authorities will reach out to members of the criminal underworld who are willing to provide valuable intelligence in exchange for money. Despite the central role of informants in contemporary police operations, little is known about the shadowy relationships among law enforcement, snitches, and offenders. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the narcotics, homicide, and street-level vice operations in two major metropolitan police departments, *Speaking Truth to Power *takes readers to the front lines of the war on drugs to unravel this complex web of information exchange.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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 crack cocaine on the street corner, to the local, state, and federal agents working in multiagency task forces that coordinate a sting operation that nets thousands of kilos of near-pure cocaine being transported by tractor-trailer. Regardless of the form, there is a high probability that these authorities have exploited access to known offenders and exerted pressure on those individuals to gather inside information on illicit drug sales. These confidential informants provide intelligence on the inner workings of drug operations in exchange for leniency or remuneration, providing a relatively cheap source of intelligence that fuels much of the ongoing war on drugs. In other instances, law enforcement authorities will reach out to members of the criminal underworld who are willing to provide valuable intelligence in exchange for money. Despite the central role of informants in contemporary police operations, little is known about the shadowy relationships among law enforcement, snitches, and offenders. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the narcotics, homicide, and street-level vice operations in two major metropolitan police departments, *Speaking Truth to Power *takes readers to the front lines of the war on drugs to unravel this complex web of information exchange.

More books from University of California Press

Cover of the book Method for the One-Keyed Flute by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book The Myth of Silent Spring by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book Leopold’s Shack and Ricketts’s Lab by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book Black against Empire by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book First Life by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book Backstory 5 by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book Blind Spot by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book Critical Christianity by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book Unprepared by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book Damned Lies and Statistics by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book A Vineyard in My Glass by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book Dinosaur Odyssey by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book Ain't No Trust by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book The Three Failures of Creationism by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Cover of the book The Other West by Dean A. Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy