Snitching : criminal informants and the erosion of American justice /
Alexandra Natapoff.
- New York : New York University Press, c2009.
- xi, 259 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-251) and index.
The real deal : understanding snitching -- To catch a thief : the legal rules of snitching -- Beyond unreliable -- Secret justice -- Snitching in the hood -- Stop snitching -- How the other half lives : white collar and other kinds of cooperation -- Reform.
Informers--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States. Criminal justice, Administration of--United States. Informers--United States. Law enforcement--United States.