The Elusive Line Between Prevention and Detection of Crime in German Undercover Policing
The Elusive Line Between Prevention and Detection of Crime in German Undercover Policing
This chapter argues that proactive methods such as undercover policing have to some extent eroded the distinction between preventive and repressive policing, along with the functional and institutional separation between the tasks of the police and those of intelligence agencies. It first discusses the origin and purpose of Germany's distinction between preventive and repressive policing. After briefly outlining Germany's system for regulating undercover investigations and keeping them focused on their ostensible goal of gathering evidence (rather than collecting intelligence), it demonstrates how Germany's covert practices erode the system's fundamental distinctions between preventive and repressive policing and between the search for evidence and the (prohibited) pursuit of intelligence.
Keywords: Germany, undercover police, preventive policing, repressive policing, undercover investigations, intelligence
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