Abstract
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles |
Early online date | 2 Sep 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 2 Sep 2019 |
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Keywords
- Informants
- Covert policing
- Intelligence
- Analysis
- Social penetration theory
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Fully informed? A methodology for assessing covert informant coverage in policing and law enforcement. / Atkinson, Colin.
In: The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 02.09.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Fully informed? A methodology for assessing covert informant coverage in policing and law enforcement
AU - Atkinson, Colin
PY - 2019/9/2
Y1 - 2019/9/2
N2 - The use of informants, or Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS), has become a mainstay of contemporary policing in the United Kingdom (UK) as police, security and enforcement agencies seek to tackle a range of crimes. Within such agencies the need to understand the extent to which covert informants can provide information on issues of interest has become essential to effective practice. Drawing upon the principles of social penetration theory, this paper proposes a new methodology that may support police and law enforcement agencies in systematically mapping the breadth and depth of covert informant coverage in policing operations and the wider threat landscape. The future testing of such a methodology in practice will represent a critical area for further development and debate.
AB - The use of informants, or Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS), has become a mainstay of contemporary policing in the United Kingdom (UK) as police, security and enforcement agencies seek to tackle a range of crimes. Within such agencies the need to understand the extent to which covert informants can provide information on issues of interest has become essential to effective practice. Drawing upon the principles of social penetration theory, this paper proposes a new methodology that may support police and law enforcement agencies in systematically mapping the breadth and depth of covert informant coverage in policing operations and the wider threat landscape. The future testing of such a methodology in practice will represent a critical area for further development and debate.
KW - Informants
KW - Covert policing
KW - Intelligence
KW - Analysis
KW - Social penetration theory
U2 - 10.1177/0032258X19871325
DO - 10.1177/0032258X19871325
M3 - Article
JO - The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
JF - The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
SN - 0032-258X
ER -