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Public Safety and Security Administration addresses public safety and security from a holistic and visionary perspective. For the first time, safety and security organizations, as well as their administration, are brought together into an integrated work.

The protection of persons and property involves many public agencies and priivate organizations. Entities from the criminal jutics system (law enforcement, courts, corrections) as well as the fire service, private security and hazardous materials all contribute to public safety and security. This book addresses these...

By covering the essential tips and techniques for investigators, Investigations: 150 Things You Should Know becomes a useful reference. By further covering the legal guidelines that investigators must follow, it becomes indispensable. Through anecdotes, case studies, and documented procedures the authors of this book have amassed the most complete collection of investigative information available.

This ready reference is for anyone interested in investigations. Readers in and out of the law enforcement field will find this book easy to use and understand when seeking explanations...

• Prepares readers for the practicalities of dealing with customers
• Takes readers from the...

Format is unique in that it identifies subjects, then discusses and highlights specifics in terms of concerns and knowledge the security professional requires
Quick and easy reference
Covers basics of...

Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice, Second Edition, has been written to provide future law enforcement officers with a...

"'This book provides a timely insight into organized labour in an increasingly capitalist world.... It provides a scholarly insight that begs reading by policy makers in labour, business and the government' -" Professor Anil Verma, University of Toronto

"This engaging and compelling work offers a fresh perspective and demonstrates how inherited traditions can serve as both resources and constraints in responding to the...

In this timely volume on newly emerging financial mar- kets and investment strategies, Arvin Ghosh explores the intriguing topic of initial public offerings (IPOs) of securities, among the most significant phenomena in the United States stock markets in recent years. Before the 2000-2001 market turndown, hardly a week went by when more than a few companies did not become public, either in the organized stock exchange or in the Over the Counter (OTC) market. In the often over-burdened, technology-heavy Nasdaq market, the role of IPOs was crucial for the market's new vigor and growth....

Leading Issues in Black Political Economy brings together the foremost experts on issues ranging from employment, training, and education of African Americans. It also emphasizes macro-economic concerns of business development with special emphasis on long-term trends of black-owned businesses. The work emphasizes welfare considerations in an anti-welfare epoch, and the role of affirmative action now that it is under attack. Attention is given to the role of race in the continuing disparity of income distribution in American society. The highlights of Leading Issues include -An Employment...

A riveting work of investigative journalism that charts the rise of the dietary supplement craze and reveals the dangerous and sometimes deadly side of these highly popular and completely unregulated products.
Over 60 percent of Americans buy and take herbal and dietary supplements for all sorts of reasons to prevent illness (vitamin C), to ease depression (St. John s wort), to aid weight loss (ephedra), to boost the memory (ginkgo biloba), and even to cure cancer (shark cartilage, bloodroot) despite the fact that few of these natural supplements have been proven to be safe or...