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Mr. Big: Exposing Undercover Investigations in Canada
Sally Rooney
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paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 198.
After surveying more than 80 cases in which a confession was accepted as evidence in a "Mr. Big" organized crime sting, these legal experts suggest changes in undercover police practices in Canada. "Mr. Big" in these cases is a policeman posing as a criminal kingpin in order to coerce a confession from a suspect, but this study finds that this ruse is most successful when the suspect is from a marginalized group. In addition, police officers sometimes commit criminal offences while undercover-or they fake criminal behavior during the course of the sting-and the pretend `interrogations` are not bounded by normal ... Read more
After surveying more than 80 cases in which a confession was accepted as evidence in a "Mr. Big" organized crime sting, these legal experts suggest changes in undercover police practices in Canada. "Mr. Big" in these cases is a policeman posing as a criminal kingpin in order to coerce a confession from a suspect, but this study finds that this ruse is most successful when the suspect is from a marginalized group. In addition, police officers sometimes commit criminal offences while undercover-or they fake criminal behavior during the course of the sting-and the pretend `interrogations` are not bounded by normal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Canada
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
Number of Pages
130
Place of Publication
Black Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
ISBN
9781552663769
SKU
V9781552663769
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