CRM 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ontario Human Rights Code, Police Services Act Of Ontario, Racial Profiling
Document Summary
Theory of policing (harfield 2012: coercion (constraining individual liberty through arrest, search, and seizure, surveillance (intrusion of privacy by various mechanisms, deception (undermining trust through use of informers and undercover officers) (harfield 2012) Harmful and normally immoral methods are on occasion necessary in order to realize the fundamental end of policing, namely the protection of moral rights. "". Civilian, usually low lvl criminals, who provide info/intelligence to police. Services are in exchange for money, reduced sentence, immunity. Sometimes voluntary but can be forced to cooperate. Moral harm caused by use of informers the person being informed against. Info used will lead to arrest and possible conviction. Deception; informer working w/who"s being informed against, pretending to work w/ but really gathering info to use against the informer. Criminal activities are what makes them valuable. May be involved w/person informed against after the fact. In dangerous position, can get killed if caught the handler. In danger, if informer refuse to cooperate and blackmails.
