1997
DOI: 10.1017/s0047279496004886
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Ethical Approaches for Police Officers when Working with Informants in the Development of Criminal Intelligence in the United Kingdom

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“…However, as a number of commentators have noted, many officers see the decline in the clear-up rate and the move towards proactive policing as directly attributable to the effects of PACE (Maguire 1988;Cooper and Murphy 1997). Ironically, then, a consequence of increased regulation and oversight in one area may well be to shift police practice into areas which are less visible and less regulated, but equally require a thoroughgoing examination of the relationship between means and ends.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, as a number of commentators have noted, many officers see the decline in the clear-up rate and the move towards proactive policing as directly attributable to the effects of PACE (Maguire 1988;Cooper and Murphy 1997). Ironically, then, a consequence of increased regulation and oversight in one area may well be to shift police practice into areas which are less visible and less regulated, but equally require a thoroughgoing examination of the relationship between means and ends.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The former he suggests are characterized by 'a certain moral reprehensibility and "cloak and dagger" quality', whereas an informant is 'anyone who actively contributes information to the police investigation'. This approach has been rejected by others including, Cooper and Murphy (1997) and Greer (1995); they argue that such a differentiation confuses a number of other roles already recognized within the criminal justice system, such as victim and witness.…”
Section: Rationale For the Use Of Informantsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many definitions of an informant emphasize the existence of a criminal dimension in terms of the informant's behaviour and/or associates (Cooper & Murphy, 1997;Norris & Dunnighan, 2000). The National Criminal Intelligence Service characterizes a 'typical informer' as follows:…”
Section: Rationale For the Use Of Informantsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Is there a role for utilitarianism here? The principle of act utilitarianism has been applied previously in a law-enforcement situation in the area of recruiting informants (Cooper and Murphy, 1997), and there is some overlap in general arguments. Act utilitarianism suggests a course of action that produces the best results with regard to satisfaction for society as a whole.…”
Section: Ethicsmentioning
confidence: 99%