SOMETIMES IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM, YOU NEED TO BECOME IT. On Prisons tells the stories of the men and women who live behind the walls of our prisons and of the staff who keep them there. Written by Danny McAllister, a former Governor and Director of High Security for prisons in England and Wales, these tales chronicle the thirty years he spent governing gaols and the lives of the prisoners he came to know. The stories are often troubling, desperate and deeply shocking, but even in the dept...
Souvenirs d'un prefet de police (Ed.1885) (Histoire)
by Louis Andrieux
My Memories of the Baltimore Police Department from Behind the Bad
by Bob Wilson (Ret )
Ellis Parker, a detective known the world over in the early 1900s as the American Sherlock Holmes, was a profiler before the word was ever coined. Master Detective provides a complete picture of the man and the circumstances surrounding his tragic fall. of photos.
As an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, William Queen must tackle a number of challenging cases. In the winter of 1985, he faces his toughest mission to date: He must apprehend Mark Stephens, a notorious narcotics trafficker who has been terrorizing the communities around Los Angeles with frequent rampages involving machine guns and hand grenades. A recluse living in the treacherous backwoods outside the city, Stephens is a wily survivalist. Nobody has been able to catch hi...
After September 11, 2001, Las Vegas Police Sergeant Randy Sutton began soliciting writing from law enforcement officers - his goal being to bridge the gap between the police and those they serve, with a book that offers are broad and thoughtful look at the many facets of police life. Hundreds of active and former officers from all over the US responded: men and women from big cities and small towns. The result is TRUE BLUE, a collection of funny, charming, exciting, haunting stories about murder...
The Pinkerton Agency was founded in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton. He was instrumental in bringing down the James gang, the Molly Maguires, the Reno brothers and other criminals of the day. During the Civil War, Pinkerton foiled an assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln. Pinkerton opens a window to America and its history with a little bravado, a little humor and adds the detail that made him the most famous lawman of his day.
