Search Results: 1 - 10 of 13
display
Policing for the 21st Century: Realizing the Vision of Police in a Free Society
Author(s): Christine Gardiner, Matthew J Hickman
Policing for the 21st Century: Realizing the Vision of Police in a Free Society provides a thematic overview of policing and its role in American society. This text is unique in that it provides extensive information about how police identify community problems, the methods police use to respond to ...
Homeland Security and Terrorism: Threat, Incident and Aftermath
Author(s): Jibey Asthappan
What skills are needed to manage the risk of terrorism? From responders to policy makers – what does the real world need?Homeland Security & Terrorism: Threat, Incident & Aftermath is written from a perspective in which terrorism prevention plans can be best understood. It reviews Chemical, Biologic...
Criminal Justice
Author(s): Scott H. Belshaw, Lee DeBoer
Criminal Justice introduces the many facets of the U.S. criminal justice system in a logical, readily understandable manner. The reader will understand the complexity of the criminal justice system from the start of the process to the end, recognize controversies, and examine the breadth of the chal...
Cybersecurity: Bridging the Gap Between Technician and Management
Author(s): James Phelps, Ervin Frenzel
The ability to comprehend the language involved in this new and evolving cyber world is essential now more than ever.Cybersecurity: Bridging the Gap Between Technician & Management:Provides a dictionary of computer terminology.Delivers a synopsis of what we actually use computers to do.Gives an outl...
Criminology
Author(s): Robert J. Mutchnick, John A. Lewis
Criminology presents a unique perspective on the subject. It offers an excellent review of crimes, laws, and criminological theories. Criminology presents introductory material in an easy to follow format that will establish a solid foundation for students progressing through a criminal justice or c...
Forensic Investigation: Methods from Experts
Author(s): Katherine Ramsland
Investigations today must coordinate many factors and areas of specialization. Forensics braids the process of investigation with psychology and the law. Psychology shows the human element, while law dictates the parameters for investigative practices. Forensic Investigation: Methods from Experts...
Crime, Justice and Literature
Author(s): Lawrence Karson, Claudia Slate, Saulsbury Rebecca
The criminal justice system is about storytelling: by the victim, the suspect, the officer, the prosecutor, and the defense attorney. For many the justice system is not necessarily about justice or fairness: it may simply be about whose story is believed. Crime, Justice, and Literature: A Reader...
Filling in the Gaps
Author(s): Kelley Christopher
Recommended as a companion text in lower-level criminal justice and criminology courses, Filling in the Gaps offers a contextual examination of race, sex, culture, and class within the criminal justice system. Going beyond mere understanding of the process of sentencing and punishment, this text all...