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Gary T. Marx
Undercover
Police Surveillance in America
$26.95, £15.95 paperback
978-0-520-06969-5
Available Now
"A thoughtful, probing analysis of an important social issue, an analysis that demonstrates a distinctive sociological eye. Those who are contemplating police policy or legislative or judicial activity in the arena of undercover work must read this book. . . . A valuable guide through the murk of undercover."—Stanton Wheeler, Contemporary Sociology
"Gary Marx's excellent new book . . . shines a strong, unflinching light on the full array of human and political consequences that ensue when law enforcement resorts to masquerade."—James B. Rule, Dissent
"A book that . . . exudes a sustained and original genius."—Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Times Higher Education Supplement
"Undercover is an important book because it raises ethical, political, and sociological questions within a systematic framework."—Peter Manning, Journal of Contemporary Ethnology
"A stunningly provocative book."—Richard Heffner, The Open Mind, PBS
"Gary Marx has compiled an impressively detailed account of what he aptly terms the "cult and culture" of surveillance."—L. McIntyre, Annals, American Academy of Political and Social Science
"[A] thoughtful, carefully reasoned, and well-organized survey of the problems and opportunities attendant on undercover operations. . . . Marx's rigorously analyzed monograph constitutes an important contribution relevant to a current national policy issue."—A. Theoharis, American Political Science Review
"Undercover is an extremely literate, probing analysis of police surveillance in America."—Corporate Security
"Marx can be credited with providing an informative, thoughtful, and well-documented analysis of an important and neglected area of research."—D. Hawkins, Social Science Quarterly
"Gary Marx's excellent new book . . . shines a strong, unflinching light on the full array of human and political consequences that ensue when law enforcement resorts to masquerade."—James B. Rule, Dissent
"A book that . . . exudes a sustained and original genius."—Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Times Higher Education Supplement
"Undercover is an important book because it raises ethical, political, and sociological questions within a systematic framework."—Peter Manning, Journal of Contemporary Ethnology
"A stunningly provocative book."—Richard Heffner, The Open Mind, PBS
"Gary Marx has compiled an impressively detailed account of what he aptly terms the "cult and culture" of surveillance."—L. McIntyre, Annals, American Academy of Political and Social Science
"[A] thoughtful, carefully reasoned, and well-organized survey of the problems and opportunities attendant on undercover operations. . . . Marx's rigorously analyzed monograph constitutes an important contribution relevant to a current national policy issue."—A. Theoharis, American Political Science Review
"Undercover is an extremely literate, probing analysis of police surveillance in America."—Corporate Security
"Marx can be credited with providing an informative, thoughtful, and well-documented analysis of an important and neglected area of research."—D. Hawkins, Social Science Quarterly
"This is the most comprehensive and thoughtful work ever done on undercover policing. It will be the benchmark by which all further scholarship in this area will be judged."—Jerome Skolnick, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
"If you believe in undercover tactics, this book will warn you. If you are opposed to covert activities by the police, this excellent study will force you to rethink your position. . . . Undercover is indispensable for anyone who wants to understand the threat, but also the usefulness, of surveillance by law enforcement officials."—R. Drinan, Georgetown University
"Gary Marx's book is one of the best of the rare species, thoughtful and analytic books about police surveillance. He has a thousand stories, most of them current . . . and he makes a solid study out of them. He has written a sociological map for surveillance, giving it a structure that it has never before had."—P. Chevigny, New York University
"This is the best single treatment of the problem of undercover investigations in our literature. Gary Marx writes not only with erudition and sensitivity, he is a very sensible man as well. He has mastered a vast amount of detail while not losing sight of the big picture. I cannot praise this book too highly."—J. Kaplan, Stanford University
"A tour de force on a very difficult subject. . . . This is an important, needed, well-executed book. It will be widely read and used."—D. Bayley, State University of New York, Albany
"A remarkable success at weaving legal and sociological factors in an otherwise controversial and seemingly irreconcilable interplay of disciplines."—J. Wilczynski, Prosecutor's Brief
"A wonderful book!"—Professor Arthur Miller, C-NBC Live
"Deserves a wide audience beyond practitioners and scholars."—A. Bouza, Chief of Police, Minneapolis
"If you believe in undercover tactics, this book will warn you. If you are opposed to covert activities by the police, this excellent study will force you to rethink your position. . . . Undercover is indispensable for anyone who wants to understand the threat, but also the usefulness, of surveillance by law enforcement officials."—R. Drinan, Georgetown University
"Gary Marx's book is one of the best of the rare species, thoughtful and analytic books about police surveillance. He has a thousand stories, most of them current . . . and he makes a solid study out of them. He has written a sociological map for surveillance, giving it a structure that it has never before had."—P. Chevigny, New York University
"This is the best single treatment of the problem of undercover investigations in our literature. Gary Marx writes not only with erudition and sensitivity, he is a very sensible man as well. He has mastered a vast amount of detail while not losing sight of the big picture. I cannot praise this book too highly."—J. Kaplan, Stanford University
"A tour de force on a very difficult subject. . . . This is an important, needed, well-executed book. It will be widely read and used."—D. Bayley, State University of New York, Albany
"A remarkable success at weaving legal and sociological factors in an otherwise controversial and seemingly irreconcilable interplay of disciplines."—J. Wilczynski, Prosecutor's Brief
"A wonderful book!"—Professor Arthur Miller, C-NBC Live
"Deserves a wide audience beyond practitioners and scholars."—A. Bouza, Chief of Police, Minneapolis
Providing a rich picture of past and present undercover work, and drawing on unpublished documents and interviews with the FBI and local police, this penetrating study examines the variety of undercover operations and the ethical issues and empirical assumptions raised when the state officially sanctions deception and trickery and allows its agents to participate in crime.
Outstanding Book Award, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 1990
The Distinguished Scholar Award, American Sociological Association, 1990
The Distinguished Scholar Award, American Sociological Association, 1990