Preventing Gang and Drug Related Witness Intimidation
Author: Peter Finn
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1998-08
Total Pages: 165
ISBN-13: 0788142925
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines steps that law enforcement agencies & prosecutors' offices across the country have taken to prevent witness intimidation, describes how jurisdictions have carried out these strategies, & offers a blueprint for combining these discrete approaches into a comprehensive, structured program to protect witnesses & ensure their cooperation. Discusses the nature & extent of witness intimidation, traditional approaches to security, witness relocation, preventing intimidation in courtrooms & jails, reducing community-wide intimidation, developing a comprehensive witness security program, legal issues, & sources of help.