Concept information
Preferred term
citizen informants
Definition
- Citizen informants are identified individuals who inform police officers about criminal activity committed by others. Their information is considered to be more reliable than that of anonymous informants, criminal informants, or informants in the criminal milieu. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Citizen Informants]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/citizen_informants
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