Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice by Alexandra

Description: Snitching by Alexandra Natapoff Albert Burrell spent thirteen years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Atlanta police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home. Although it is nearly invisible to the public, criminal snitching has invaded the American legal system in risky and sometimes shocking ways. This book deals with snitching. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 2010 Honorable Mention, Silver Gavel Award, American Bar AssociationUncovers the powerful and problematic practice of snitching to reveal disturbing truths about how American justice worksAlbert Burrell spent thirteen years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Atlanta police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home. After being released by Chicago prosecutors, Darryl Moore—drug dealer, hit man, and rapist—returned home to rape an eleven-year-old girl.Such tragedies are consequences of snitching—police and prosecutors offering deals to criminal offenders in exchange for information. Although it is nearly invisible to the public, criminal snitching has invaded the American legal system in risky and sometimes shocking ways. Snitching is the first comprehensive analysis of this powerful and problematic practice, in which informant deals generate unreliable evidence, allow criminals to escape punishment, endanger the innocent, compromise the integrity of police work, and exacerbate tension between police and poor urban residents. Driven by dozens of real-life stories and debacles, the book exposes the social destruction that snitching can cause in high-crime African American neighborhoods, and how using criminal informants renders our entire penal process more secretive and less fair. Natapoff also uncovers the far-reaching legal, political, and cultural significance of snitching: from the war on drugs to hip hop music, from the FBIs mishandling of its murderous mafia informants to the new surge in white collar and terrorism informing. She explains how existing law functions and proposes new reforms. By delving into the secretive world of criminal informants, Snitching reveals deep and often disturbing truths about the way American justice really works. Notes An eye-opening look at the impact of the use of the criminal informant throughout the American legal system and beyond from the mafia and hip hop music to white collar crime and terrorism Author Biography Alexandra Natapoff is the Lee S. Kreindler Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow. She is the author of Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal and editor of The New Criminal Justice Thinking. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Real Deal Chapter 2: To Catch a Thief: The Legal Rules of Snitching Chapter 3: Beyond Unreliable Chapter 4: Secret JusticeChapter 5: Snitching in the Hood Chapter 6: "Stop Snitching" Chapter 7: How the Other Half Lives: White Collar and Other Kinds of Cooperation Chapter 8: Reform Conclusion Notes Index About the Author Review "As [Natapoff] reveals in this scrupulously researched and forcefully argued new book, our system of rewarding criminal snitches for information, is a game without rules, played almost entirely in the shadows and off the books... Snitching is a highly readable, provocative argument for reforming a system that allows our machines of criminal prosecution to commit near-criminal acts of compromise." - Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor, Slate "Vital for understanding the legal process and the moral standard of law enforcement. An excellent read and a harsh glimpse at what the future might hold for the fabric of our justice system. A must have for the urban reader." - Immortal Technique, hip hop artist and President of Viper Records "Natapoff has written a compelling and searing book about snitching. It not only comprehensively describes the problem, but offers sharp, clear, and unambiguous solutions. If we really want to address the legal and moral implications of snitching, every judge, defense lawyer, prosecutor, and police officer should read this book." - Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice "Superb... A searing indictment of how the secretive dynamics of informing have helped corrupt inner city life in America, and a deep scholarly analysis of how our legal rules contribute to this problem and can be reformed to mitigate it. This brilliantly original book is ... wise and ruthlessly honest in its understanding of the street level practices of informant-reliance." - Robert Weisberg, Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, founder and director of the Stanford Center for Criminal Justice "If there is one form of communication that criminals universally condemn, it is snitching. Yet the use of criminal informants is everywhere in the American legal system, says Alexandra Natapoff." - The Chronicle Review Promotional An eye-opening look at the impact of the use of the criminal informant throughout the American legal system and beyond from the mafia and hip hop music to white collar crime and terrorism Long Description 2010 Honorable Mention, Silver Gavel Award, American Bar Association Albert Burrell spent thirteen years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Atlanta police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home. After being released by Chicago prosecutors, Darryl Moore-drug dealer, hit man, and rapist-returned home to rape an eleven-year-old girl. Such tragedies are consequences of snitching-police and prosecutors offering deals to criminal offenders in exchange for information. Although it is nearly invisible to the public, criminal snitching has invaded the American legal system in risky and sometimes shocking ways. Snitching is the first comprehensive analysis of this powerful and problematic practice, in which informant deals generate unreliable evidence, allow criminals to escape punishment, endanger the innocent, compromise the integrity of police work, and exacerbate tension between police and poor urban residents. Driven by dozens of real-life stories and debacles, the book exposes the social destruction that snitching can cause in high-crime African American neighborhoods, and how using criminal informants renders our entire penal process more secretive and less fair. Natapoff also uncovers the farreaching legal, political, and cultural significance of snitching: from the war on drugs to hip hop music, from the FBIs mishandling of its murderous mafia informants to the new surge in white collar and terrorism informing. She explains how existing law functions and proposes new reforms. By delving into the secretive world of criminal informants, Snitching reveals deep and often disturbing truths about the way American justice really works. Review Quote "Vital for understanding the legal process and the moral standard of law enforcement. An excellent read and a harsh glimpse at what the future might hold for the fabric of our justice system. A must have for the urban reader." - Immortal Technique, hip hop artist and President of Viper Records Details ISBN0814758975 Author Alexandra Natapoff Short Title SNITCHING Publisher New York University Press Language English ISBN-10 0814758975 ISBN-13 9780814758977 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Imprint New York University Press Subtitle Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2011-04-08 Illustrations black & white illustrations DEWEY 363.252 UK Release Date 2011-04-08 NZ Release Date 2011-04-08 US Release Date 2011-04-08 Pages 271 Alternative 9780814758502 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2011-04-07 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:36302460;

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