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USE OF MINORS AS UNDERCOVER AGENTS OR INFORMATS - SOME LEGAL PROBLEMS

NCJ Number
42130
Author(s)
D L HERBERT; V L SINCLAIR
Date Published
1977
Length
8 pages
Annotation
IN THIS BRIEF ARTICLE THE AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGES THE CONCERN EXPRESSED ABOUT THE USE OF JUVENILES AS INFORMANTS, SPECIFICALLY ANALYZING POTENTIAL LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THEIR USE; HOWEVER, HE CONSIDERS THEM NECESSARY....TWH