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Evaluation Of Confidential Informant Programs In Legal Settings: Why Do 10 When You Can Send A Friend?, Kennedy Marie Cuevas Jan 2019

Evaluation Of Confidential Informant Programs In Legal Settings: Why Do 10 When You Can Send A Friend?, Kennedy Marie Cuevas

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There is limited research regarding the use of Confidential Informants and related programming, including a consensus of Best Practices of these programs. The information available regarding CI use and its programming is limited to agency-produced literature and minimal peer-revieresearch. The present study sought to utilize the limited information available to develop Best Practices of Confidential Informant Programs by conducting an analysis of available literature to identify themes and policies that were present in a majority of the literature. Additionally, the aforementioned Best Practices were used to perform deductive qualitative analysis of the written policies of a Confidential Informant program in …