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Police Operations: Theory and Practice
List Price: USD $132.95
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Author: Kären M. Hess
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

This introductory text covers all major areas of police operations with a focus on community-oriented and problem-oriented policing, which reflects the current direction of progressive police departments. Providing a comprehensive presentation of police operations, the authors incorporate the latest....

Actual Innocence: Five Days to Execution, and Other Dispatches From the Wrongly Convicted
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Author: Barry Scheck
Publisher: Doubleday

The Innocence Project is a pro bono civil rights organization that helps innocent people who have been unjustly imprisoned win their freedom through DNA testing. Run by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld (known for their roles in the O.J. Simpson murder trial), the project has thus far managed to free 4....

Warriors: On Living with Courage, Discipline, and Honor
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Publisher: Paladin Press

In recent years "warrior" has become a buzzword. Most often it's used properly, though sometimes its use is a stretch of the definition. To seek out the true meaning of warrior and warriorhood, Loren W. Christensen - retired cop, war veteran, high-ranking martial artist and prolific author - went to....

Introduction to Forensic Science and Criminalistics
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Author: Robert E Gaensslen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Written by authors with close to one hundred years of forensic experience combined, this introductory text features comprehensive coverage of the types of forensic work done by crime laboratories for criminal cases and by private examiners for civil cases. The book’s unifying vision of the rol....

Security Consulting, Third Edition
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Author: Charles A. Sennewald
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Since 9/11, business and industry has paid close attention to security within their own organizations. In fact, no other time in modern history has business and industry been more concerned with security issues. A new concern for security measures to combat potential terrorism, sabotage, theft and d....

Kaplan PMBR Finals: Criminal Law: Core Concepts and Key Questions (Kaplan Pmbr Finals)
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Author: Kaplan PMBR
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing

The Kaplan PMBR FINALS Series is designed to provide students with all the ammunition needed to succeed on their law school exams.

Unlike other commercial outline series, Kaplan PMBR FINALS: Criminal Law features several integrated sections: substantive course outlines, question summary....

Criminal Procedure for the Criminal Justice Professional (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )
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Author: John N. Ferdico
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

The most accurate, up-to-date, and readable criminal procedure text available today, this best seller provides students with all the information they need to understand the legal aspects of police investigatory practices. Using clear and concise statements of criminal procedure law and understandabl....

Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction (2nd Edition)
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Author: Robert R. Ogle
Publisher: Prentice Hall

This comprehensive text achieves the ultimate goal of crime scene investigation in answering – What happened? – Who was responsible for each action? – What was the sequence of each action? Readers see the importance of each step through authen....

Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed: A Judicial Indictment Of War On Drugs
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Author: James Gray
Publisher: Temple University Press

Our drug prohibition policy is hopeless, just as Prohibition, our alcohol prohibition policy, was before it. Today there are more drugs in our communities and at lower prices and higher strengths than ever before.

We have built large numbers of prisons, but they are overflowing with non-violent....

Power without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action
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Author: William G. Howell
Publisher: Princeton University Press

Since the early 1960s, scholarly thinking on the power of U.S. presidents has rested on these words: "Presidential power is the power to persuade." Power, in this formulation, is strictly about bargaining and convincing other political actors to do things the president cannot accomplish alone.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Criminal Investigation
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Author: Ph.D., Alan Axelrod
Publisher: Alpha


No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System
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Author: David Cole
Publisher: New Press

The American criminal-justice system, writes Georgetown law professor David Cole, has effectively become a two-tiered system, with differing levels of regard depending on the race or class of a given citizen who comes into contact with it. The thousands of African Americans who have been confronted ....

The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy
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Author: Robin Moore
Publisher: The Lyons Press

With a new introduction by the author.

The true, absorbing and sometimes frightening documentary of the world's most successful narcotics investigation, The French Connection is one of the most fascinating crime accounts of our time. When New York City detectives Eddie "Popeye" Eg....

Presidential Leadership: Politics and Policy Making
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Author: III, George C. Edwards
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

From routine operations to the workings of a White House in crisis, PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP: POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING examines all facets of the presidency in rich detail, with a special emphasis on policy. The authors use analytical prose and timely, fascinating examples to examine the presidency....

Youth Gangs in American Society (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series.)
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Author: Randall G. Shelden
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

This comprehensive survey of the literature on gangs and gang activities in America includes theoretical perspectives on why gangs exist, gang typologies, descriptions of gang activities, and various intervention strategies for dealing with gangs.....

Effective Communication for Criminal Justice Professionals
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Author: Robert E. Grubb Jr.
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSIONALS is a modern approach to the standard texts in this market. Going beyond merely addressing the various reports necessary for police work, this book also addresses issues that have changed the way police work and challenges that have af....

Quick Spanish Law Enforcement Package (Book + 1CD) (Quick Spanish)
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Author: David B. Dees
Publisher: McGraw-Hill

The only Spanish-language book and audio guide exclusively for those sworn to protect and serve

There's no substitute for clear communication when you're on the job. That's why in an America where one in five citizens speaks Spanish, it is critical that all law enforcement profession....

Thinking About the Insanity Defense: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions With Case Examples
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Author: Ellsworth L Fersch
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.

Thinking About the Insanity Defense answers ninety-seven frequently asked questions and presents sixteen case examples in easily understood language.

This volume provides a clear and compelling introduction to one of the most important topics in the relation between psychology and l....

Key Correctional Issues
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Author: Roslyn Muraskin
Publisher: Prentice Hall


Theorizing Criminal Justice: Eight Essential Orientations
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Author: Peter B. Kraska
Publisher: Waveland Press

The goal of this book is to encourage thinking about criminal justice. What theories direct the behaviors of the police, the courts, and corrections administrators? Are due process rights the foundation of actions, or is the control of crime an overriding concern? Are criminal justice personnel moti....

Hell's Angels: The FBI Files
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Author: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Publisher: Filibust

Hell's Angels: The FBI Files contains the actual original and declassified criminal investigation files related to this motorcycle gang's involvement in violent activities in various parts of the country from the 1960s and 1970s. This publication is being published and made available now for the fir....

Police Patrol: Operations and Management (3rd Edition)
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Author: Charles D. Hale
Publisher: Prentice Hall

Based upon a practical application of theory with the “how-to” of “real world” policing, this book details the core functions of a police agency—covering patrol operations, goals, and strategies. It combines management theory with case study examples taken from small police ....

Saving Bernice: Battered Women, Welfare, and Poverty
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Author: Jody Raphael
Publisher: Northeastern

This is the story of Bernice, a former welfare mother and survivor of domestic violence, and her arduous journey to escape from, and ultimately triumph over, years of battering, poverty, and welfare.

Skillfully interweaving Bernice's own eloquent words about her harrowing abuse with descripti....

Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities: Reentry, Race, and Politics
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Author: Anthony Thompson
Publisher: NYU Press

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”Accessible and comprehensive, Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities delves into the most pressing legal issue of prisoner reentry. . . . Thompson provides a much needed look at this dire social issue through an expert legal....

Police Ethics: The Corruption Of Noble Cause
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Author: Michael A. Caldero
Publisher: Anderson Publishing Company (OH)


Crime and Punishment: A History of the Criminal Justice System
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Author: Mitchel P. Roth
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT is a powerful presentation of the scope and history of the American criminal justice system, looking both at how the history of criminal justice has shaped the present system and at today's most critical issues.....

Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, the New Challenges
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Author: Gabriel Weimann
Publisher: The United States Institute of Peace

Terrorists fight their wars in cyberspace as well as on the ground. However, while politicians and the media have hotly debated the dangers of terrorists sabotaging the Internet, surprisingly little is known about terrorists’ actual use of the Internet.

In this timely and eye-opening....

Essentials of Fire Department Customer Service
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Author: Alan V. Brunacini
Publisher: Fire Protection Publication


The Crime Fighter: How You Can Make Your Community Crime Free
List Price: USD $16.95
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Author: Jack Maple
Publisher: Broadway

Jack Maple was a former NYPD transit cop who found himself appointed deputy commissioner in 1993. Upon assuming his new office, the erstwhile Don Quixote of urban crime led a charge to reform the way cops go about their everyday business--namely, busting the bad guys. Amazingly, Maple succeeded, and....

Advances in Fingerprint Technology, Second Edition (Forensic and Police Science Series)
List Price: USD $109.95
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Publisher: CRC

Fingerprints constitute one of the most important categories of physical evidence, and it is among the few that can be truly individualized. During the last two decades, many new and exciting developments have taken place in the field of fingerprint science, particularly in the realm of methods for ....

e-Discovery: Current Trends and Cases
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Author: Ralph C. Losey
Publisher: American Bar Association

This book introduces the exciting new field of electronic discovery, and explains the latest trends and cases in an interesting and easy-to-read manner. The book is derived from a popular Internet blog on an e-discovery by a senior attorney at a large national law firm. It includes in-depth, authori....

Police Assessment Center Preparation
Offer Price: USD $89.00
Author: Lawrence R. O'Leary Ph.D.
Publisher: O'Leary, Brokaw & Associates, Inc.

The book is a preparation tool for the 140,000 police officers plus other law enforcement personnel who work in police departments which report that they use a specific and increasingly used procedure, known as the Assessment Center as a major part of their decision as to who gets promoted.

This....

The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan
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Author: Ronald Reagan
Publisher: Newsmax.com

Ronald Wilson Reagan, the fortieth president of the United States, was also one of America'a greatest orators. Known as "The Great Communicator," he shared his vision of the greatness of America while guiding the nation to an unprecedented prosperity and renewed vigor.

When President Reagan assu....

Real World Search & Seizure: A Street Handbook for Law Enforcement
Offer Price: USD $14.95
Author: Matthew J. Medina
Publisher: Looseleaf Law Publications

Cut through the complexities of Search & Seizure Law and grab the evidence you need to make your cases stick! Can police lie to get a confession? Must police provide an attorney before a line-up? A suspect asks, Do you think I need an attorney? How do you answer? Can a 3rd party give permission....

Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents, Second Edition
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Publisher: CRC

Considered the forensic document examiner's bible, Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents is an authoritative and comprehensive reference that focuses on the pertinent advancements made within the field. This newest edition presents the qualifications necessary for a well-trained examiner an....

Barron's Correction Officer Exam
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Author: Donald J. Schroeder
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series

Updated to reflect the most recent requirements for correction officers in jurisdictions across the country, including sheriff's departments, this manual presents practice in reading comprehension, math, memory retention, and ability to fill out and process official forms. The authors, both highly e....

Evidence: Keyed to Fisher (Casenote Legal Briefs)
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Author: Casenotes
Publisher: Aspen Publishers

After your casebook, "Casenotes" will be your most important reference source for the entire semester. It is the most popular legal briefs series available, with over 140 titles, and is relied on by thousands of students for its expert case summaries, comprehensive analysis of concurrences and diss....

Gangs, Graffiti, and Violence: A Realistic Guide to the Scope and Nature of Gangs in America
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Author: Duane A. Leet
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

This text is uniquely realistic with comprehensive coverage that presents the problem in practical terms, and not in theoretical and/or causal explanations. All levels of students will be able to comprehend and relate to the material. Ethnic, prison, motorcycle, and skinhead gangs are covered in det....

Constitutional Law and the Criminal Justice System
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Author: J. Scott Harr
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

With Harr and Hess's "legalese-free" text, you'll gain a firm understanding of our often-complex Constitution and criminal justice system. To ground you in the laws that shape the system and our society, the authors present you with a clearly organized, 'bird's-eye" view of the topic, supported by o....

Tactical Rifle: The Precision Tool For Urban Police Operations
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Author: Gabriel Suarez
Publisher: Paladin Press

In a highly publicized February 1997 shootout, two rifle-wielding thugs managed to outgun LAPD officers armed only with handguns after a botched North Hollywood bank robbery. It was not until responding SWAT officers armed with rifles arrived on the scene that the suspects were finally neutralized, ....

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