The governance of covert investigation
Clive Harfield · USC Research Bank (University of the Sunshine Coast) · 2010
This paper considers covert investigation and how such conduct might be governed and regulated within operational criminal law enforcement. It reflects upon the purpose of governance and how it is currently structured and functions. It proposes principles of governance that could inform future debate and development and examines the contrasting development trajectories of covert investigation governance in England and Wales and in new South Wales.