Reflections on Freedom of Speech and the First Amendment
by Professor George Anastaplo
Readings for Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice
by Mark L. Dantzker
This is a collection of articles on the practical uses of research methods in various criminal justice and criminology settings.This book will offer students a look at research methods by presenting cases where they are used in policing, sentencing, probation, crime etc. The chapters are contributed by criminal justice and criminology scholars from previously unpublished articles. Readings for Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice is a collection of original articles. The diversit...
Policing and Race in America
This edited collection explores policing in America in regards to minority groups. The essays discuss how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups' daily lives and success. The contributors explore the Black Lives Matter movement, the Detroit, Los Angeles, and Atlanta Police Departments, immigration, incarceration, community policing, police violence, and detail causes, theories, and solutions to this important phenomenon.
September 11 produced unprecedented political will in the United States to fight terrorism with all of the energy and power at the collective disposal of America and its allies. That principle has already been applied to al-Qaeda and is now being applied to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what effect has the US-led war on terror had on the leaders and state sponsors of other Middle Eastern terrorist organizations? Here, Michael Levitt provides an assessment of US counter-terrorism policy during 2002...
Keeper of the Peace Police Journal - Gear (First Responder Journals, #2)
by Nimble Muse Journals
The "uncommonly trenchant account of the only known FBI agent to confess to murder" (Kirkus Reviews). When rookie FBI agent Mark Putnam received his first assignment in 1987, it was the culmination of a lifelong dream, if not the most desirable location. Pikeville, Kentucky, is high in Appalachian coal country, an outpost rife with lawlessness dating back to the Hatfields and McCoys. As a rising star in the bureau, however, Putnam soon was cultivating paid informants and busting drug rings and...
Community Policing
by Christine M. H. Orthmann, Linda A. Miller, and Karen Hess
Applied and approachable! With Miller and Hess's community policing text, you'll learn the basics of today's policing environment, while focusing on the essential elements of success: problem solving, community/police collaboration, and partnerships. Hear from an active police officer in the new "On the Beat" feature. The exciting "Ideas in Practice" feature, which spotlights innovative community policing initiatives from around the country, shows you where peoples' hope and determination have c...
American police departments have presided over the business of motion pictures since the end of the nineteenth century. Their influence is evident not only on the screen but also in the ways movies are made, promoted, and viewed in the United States. Screening the Police explores the history of film's entwinement with law enforcement, showing the role that state power has played in the creation and expansion of a popular medium. For the New Jersey State Police in the 1930s, film offered a meth...
The premier safety guidebook for anyone working in the event industry. The Event Safety Guide is the United States' first published safety guidance directed specifically at the live event industry. Culled from existing life safety standards and the insight of top professionals within the event industry, The Event Safety Guide compiles the best operational practices currently available in the live event industry in a single easily referenced manual. The guide is not a "how-to book" or a complic...
Whether you are interested in working in the land, air, or marine border patrol, Becoming a Border Patrol Agent gives a full overview of the challenging and exciting career and what it takes to succeed in this growing field. Terrorists, weapons, narcotics, agricultural pests, smuggled goods, human trafficking-border patrol agents protect more than 80,000 miles of U.S. boundaries on land, air, and water from contraband and dangerous visitors. In just one year, the border patrol has stopped more t...
Behavior Detection Activities to Identify Aviation Security Threats
Available evidence does not support whether behavioural indicators, which are used in the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program, can be used to identify persons who may pose a risk to aviation security. This book addresses the extent to which available evidence supports the use of behavioural indicators to identify aviation security threats, and TSA has the data necessary to assess the SPOT program's effectiveness.