Dr Steve Hewitt is an expert on security and intelligence and Senior Lecturer in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham. Among the courses he teaches are a history of American intelligence, including the Central Intelligence Agency. Steve Hewitt regularly appears on television and radio commenting on issues of terrorism and security.

"Snitch! is a concise and fluent reminder that, for all the publicity about increasing technical surveillance, informers were not just the first way by which states sought security information but are now re-emphasised as a critical feature of countering terrorism. Through examining famous cases and general aspects of the recruitment and use of informers, Steve Hewitt has provided an excellent survey of their utility for ‘authorities' and the personal and social costs entailed." --Peter Gill, University of Liverpool

• 1. Introduction; 2. "Inherent in the Conditions of Human Society:" The Nature of Informing; 3. Informing History; 4. Famous Informers; 5. Informer States; 6. Informers in the "War on Terror"; 7. Conclusion: Living in the Informer Age.

Dr Steve Hewitt is an expert on security and intelligence and Senior Lecturer in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham. Among the courses he teaches are a history of American intelligence, including the Central Intelligence Agency. Steve Hewitt regularly appears on television and radio commenting on issues of terrorism and security.

"Snitch! is a concise and fluent reminder that, for all the publicity about increasing technical surveillance, informers were not just the first way by which states sought security information but are now re-emphasised as a critical feature of countering terrorism. Through examining famous cases and general aspects of the recruitment and use of informers, Steve Hewitt has provided an excellent survey of their utility for ‘authorities' and the personal and social costs entailed." --Peter Gill, University of Liverpool

• 1. Introduction; 2. "Inherent in the Conditions of Human Society:" The Nature of Informing; 3. Informing History; 4. Famous Informers; 5. Informer States; 6. Informers in the "War on Terror"; 7. Conclusion: Living in the Informer Age.

Dr Steve Hewitt is an expert on security and intelligence and Senior Lecturer in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham. Among the courses he teaches are a history of American intelligence, including the Central Intelligence Agency. Steve Hewitt regularly appears on television and radio commenting on issues of terrorism and security.

"Snitch! is a concise and fluent reminder that, for all the publicity about increasing technical surveillance, informers were not just the first way by which states sought security information but are now re-emphasised as a critical feature of countering terrorism. Through examining famous cases and general aspects of the recruitment and use of informers, Steve Hewitt has provided an excellent survey of their utility for ‘authorities' and the personal and social costs entailed." --Peter Gill, University of Liverpool

• 1. Introduction; 2. "Inherent in the Conditions of Human Society:" The Nature of Informing; 3. Informing History; 4. Famous Informers; 5. Informer States; 6. Informers in the "War on Terror"; 7. Conclusion: Living in the Informer Age.