Concept information
Preferred term
use of informants
Definition
- An informant is any individual who provides police or government officials with information that will aid in the discovery of criminal activity, evidence, or perpetrators of a crime. Some informants witness criminal activity and step forward out of a sense of public duty. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Informants, Use of]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/use_of_informants
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