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Undercover policing is a tactic for gathering intelligence and evidence with a view to preventing or prosecuting crime. It may be deployed in a very wide range of situations.
Aug 3, 2021 · Undercover police operations have emerged from the shadows and into the spotlight in the United Kingdom as a result of a public inquiry into undercover policing and the enactment of the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act.
- Katie Pentney
- 2021
Sep 1, 2006 · Undercover policing carries a tremendous responsibility for interdicting crime and political violence by preventive infiltration of criminal organizations to disrupt their...
Undercover (UC) assignments are among the most stressful faced by law enforcement officers. Undercover work features isolation from colleagues and family, the necessity to adopt behaviors and false personal characteristics frequently opposite to the given officer’s beliefs and personality, and negative attention from members of the public and ...
- Devin Kowalczyk, Matthew J. Sharps
- 2017
Feb 29, 2024 · In one episode, Neil Woods, a former undercover police officer, says that infiltrating a group means 'weaponising empathy', in his case, befriending often vulnerable drug users as he infiltrated criminal drug gangs. Kennedy began his infiltration of the environmental movement via the Sumac centre in Nottingham.
UNDERCOVER POLICING An important part of gathering evidence to prosecute serious crimes involves the skillful infiltration of criminal groups by specially trained officers. While the tar- gets of undercover operations carried out by law enforcement agencies may vary - narcotics, money laundering, illegal im-
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This paper will be focused on explaining the psychological aspects related to undercover policing, such as the specific psychological strain, the related stressors and required personality traits, as well as the specific psychological skills and services.