ABSCAM ethics
Subtitle: moral issues and deception in law enforcement
By: edited by Gerald M. Caplan (The Police Foundation).
Contributors: Caplan, Gerald M.; Police Foundation (U.S.)
Publisher: Ballinger Pub. Co.
Published: 1983
Place of publication: [Cambridge, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Abscam Bribery Scandal, 1980 -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses.; Law enforcement -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses.; Undercover operations -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses.; Criminal investigation -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses.; Police ethics -- Congresses.
Other titles: A.B.S.C.A.M. ethics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on papers presented at conferences held at Harvard University, April 1981, and at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City Univ. of N.Y., April 1982.
Table of contents: title: ABSCAM / Irvin B. Nathan; title: Invisible offenses / Mark H. Moore; title: Under cover / Sanford Levinson; title: Who really gets stung? / Gary T. Marx; title: Licensing criminals / Peter Reuter; title: From whodunit to who does it / Lawrence W. Sherman; title: Undercover investigations / Wayne A. Kerstetter.