Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> Law Enforcement

This three-book series, Rackets, presents the case for the legalization of drugs and gambling, along with the decriminalization of prostitution. It reveals the underlying corruption, hypocrisy, and abuses of power associated with the prohibition of these three vices.

The war on drugs is a microcosm of far greater systemic problems with criminal justice and politics. This book shines a spotlight on the bureaucratic and corporate special interests that are fighting to keep this disastrous policy in place.

That's a theme of this book series -- exposing "rackets." This...

This book is for those interested in becoming an officer or who is already an officer. For those seeking careers in law enforcement, just starting out, or who want new tips to brush, you will find value in this book. This book is great for those who supervise, train, or teach officers. The book offers a blended academic and practitioner-based approach to learning and understanding the skills needed to be a great officer. The book discusses how to prepare for a law enforcement career, how to master the skills needed to be successful during training and throughout one's career, how to...

This book is for those interested in becoming an officer or who is already an officer. For those seeking careers in law enforcement, just starting out, or who want new tips to brush, you will find value in this book. This book is great for those who supervise, train, or teach officers. The book offers a blended academic and practitioner-based approach to learning and understanding the skills needed to be a great officer. The book discusses how to prepare for a law enforcement career, how to master the skills needed to be successful during training and throughout one's career, how to...

Since September 11th, America’s decision makers have examined issues related to training as it pertains to emergency responders to a suicide bombing incident, relationships between communities with police, and homeland security initiatives with local law enforcement departments.

Current training practices and training focuses on the influence that emergency responder organizational structures and administrative factors have on terrorism response preparedness among local agencies, but few studies have systematically measured these impacts or share information on lessons...

In September, 2000, a dentist was killed while riding his bicycle at 5:45 a.m. on the outskirts of a major South Carolina city. The police fed a story to the press, but an unexpected and unwanted witness appeared to the wife of the deceased, and created havoc for the authorities. This is the story of how law enforcement, prosecutors, attorneys, judges, including a former SC Supreme Court Chief Justice, committed criminal acts as they attempted to coerce, threaten, and intimidate an innocent man into admitting his vehicle was the vehicle which killed the dentist. The initial suspect...