Talk:Mr. Big (police procedure)

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Article Improvement[edit]

I'm working my way through sections of the article, trying to make them 1) use proper, NPOV, encyclopedic language and 2) match the sources. I've finished the lead and first two sections (which I combined into a single section, as the suppression issue was only 1 sentence long and shouldn't have undue weight).

Other editors are certainly welcome to add more info. Remember, we want this to read like an encyclopedia article, not like an exposé. I've been trying to look for more sources, too, although I haven't been successful yet. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:01, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New Title?[edit]

None of the sources use the term "Active Profiling." They all refer to this technique as "The Canadian Model" or "Mr. Big." My feeling is that we should move this article to Canadian Model, as that appears to be the correct term. We can leave behind a redirect here. Or is there some other source that uses this term? I'll wait a bit before making the move in case I'm missing something. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:09, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

possible source[edit]

An editor just added the following to the references list: "Moore, T. E., Copeland, P. & Schuller, R. (2009). Deceit, betrayal and the search for truth: Legal and psychological perspectives on the 'Mr Big' strategy. Criminal Law Quarterly, 55(3), 348-404." I've put it here, because in general we shouldn't add reference to the reflist unless we actually include content from that reference. Of course, if anyone wants to read it and pull some useful info out, that would be fine. Qwyrxian (talk) 08:32, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just added as an external link with link. If something actually is used as an inline reference - instead of just stuck in the ref list - usually we tag it to give people a chance to quote or find a link to it. FYI. CarolMooreDC 13:09, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, that's fine, too. Qwyrxian (talk) 14:07, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

use of technique now in New Zealand[edit]

http://thespinoff.co.nz/featured/22-06-2016/how-the-police-sprung-a-mr-big-undercover-sting-to-snare-a-murderer-and-what-we-cant-say-about-it/ 203.171.41.45 (talk) 21:24, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201809796/undercover-cops-risk-false-confessions — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.73.139.119 (talk) 04:11, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]