Regulating Undercover Policing: Subjects, Rights and Governmentality

• Published in: Critical criminology (Richmond, B.C.) Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 65 - 84
• Main Author: Murphy, Brendon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Criminal investigations; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Jurisprudence; Law and Criminolgy; Law enforcement; Police

One of Foucault’s many unfinished projects was an analysis of the links between law, power and subjectivity. This article aims to make a contribution to Foucauldian jurisprudence by asking the question: in what ways does law construct identity? Using the regulation of undercover police investigation...