1st Edition

The Ethics of Undercover Policing

By Christopher Nathan Copyright 2022
134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

Despite the media controversies surrounding high-profile cases of undercover policing, it is not always clear what ethical issues are at stake. Can undercover policing be justified? What are the ethical issues surrounding concealment and infiltration? What larger questions does undercover policing raise about the nature of policing and the legitimacy of coercive state action? In this timely... Read more

1. Undercover Policing and the Ideal

2. The Challenge of Justification

3. The Liability View

4. Weak Links and Justified Wrongs

5. Manipulation

6. Oversight.

Index

Biography

Christopher Nathan is a research fellow in the Faculty of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK.