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 ...

Content Area Literacy

Author(s): Jerry Johns, Paula Di Domenico, Rachel Lesinski-Roscoe

Content Area Literacy: Toolkit of Disciplinary Strategies for Middle and High School considers various professionals who may find its content useful:professors teaching a content area or disciplinary literacy coursemiddle and high school teachers working directly with students literacy and instructi...

Severe and Hazardous Weather: An Introduction to High Impact Meteorology

Author(s): Robert Rauber, John Walsh, Donna Charlevoix

Extreme weather and climate events have impacted every region of the United States and many regions throughout the world during the five years since the publication of the previous edition of Severe and Hazardous Weather. The recent fires in California and Oregon were heartbreaking to watch. The num...

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...

Contemporary Cases in Event Management

Author(s): Deborah Breiter Terry, Amanda K Cecil

Contemporary Cases in Event Management is a collection of 14 case studies. Featuring a wide variety of cases involving Government Meetings, Trade Shows, Association Meetings, PRIDE Gatherings, and more, this case collection is the perfect accompanying text to any Event Planning and Management course...

Cybersecurity: Bridging the Gap Between Technician & 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...

Your Career Planner

Author(s): Cheryl L Bonner, Susan Musich

Your Career Planner was designed with an APP in mind – it is a tool, it is a self-contained program, and it is user friendly. This text is meant to provide you information and give you ways in which to put that information to use.Completely redesigned in a new 11th edition, Your Career Planner guide...

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...

CSI: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Your Literature Review in Communication Studies

Author(s): Rebecca Curnalia, Amber Ferris

New Second Edition Now Available! Communication scholars must be inquisitive, seek answers, synthesize information, and make educated decisions – similar to being a detective. The authors of CSI: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Your Research Report utilize the CSI theme to provide the reader w...

Hospitality: An Introduction

Author(s): Robert A Brymer, Lisa N. Cain, Premila Whitney

*Features updated information related to Pandemics and other industry disruptionsHospitality: An Introduction is systemically organized for introductory students. This long-standing, successful book introduces many of the “must know” topics important to hospitality within a traditional business fram...