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POLICE ETHICS IN UNDERCOVER WORK: A CLASS EXERCISE
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Crawford, Charles. 2010. “POLICE ETHICS IN UNDERCOVER WORK: A CLASS EXERCISE”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/police-ethics-in-undercover-work-a-class-exercise.

Abstract


As we have learned in class, undercover work in policing can be very effective in disrupting criminal activity and in infiltrating criminal enterprises. Unfortunately, many departments around the country have had undercover officers face serious ethical dilemmas about their "cover," protecting citizens, and bringing criminals to justice. To help...

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Subject Area(s):
Criminology/Delinquency
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200

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