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Good order and safety Good order and safety Allen Eugene Wagner "Examines the beginnings of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, from 1861 to 1906, when St. Louis was the fourth-largest city in the United States"--Provided by publisher. OL11877057W
Bullets, bombs, and fast talk Bullets, bombs, and fast talk James Botting A desperate gunman holds a planeload of innocent passengers hostage. A heavily armed cult leader refuses to leave his compound, threatening mass suicide by a hundred of his brainwashed followers. A n… OL11967240W
Murder for hire Murder for hire Jack Ballentine Jack Ballentine became a Phoenix police officer in 1978 and quickly rose to become one of the world's most successful undercover operatives. His specialty: posing as a hit man. None of the people who… OL13765063W
Between Good and Evil Between Good and Evil Roger L Depue He was a pioneer in modern law enforcement, a trailblazing leader in the hunt for serial killers. But after decades of staring deep into the darkness, he entered a seminary to search for the good... … OL15172783W
Understanding Police Use of Force Understanding Police Use of Force Geoffrey P Alpert Whenever police officers come into contact with citizens there is a chance that the encounter will digress to one in which force is used on a suspect. Fortunately, most police activities do not invol… OL15190407W
The United States Coast Guard and national defense The United States Coast Guard and national defense Thomas P. Ostrom "This chronicle of the Coast Guard's contributions to national defense examines participation in World War I, World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. Among the topics explo… OL16135180W
Police officer exam for dummies Police officer exam for dummies Raymond E. Foster Presents an overview of the police officer hiring process, offers tips on preparing for the tests, and includes four practice exams. OL16561337W
Gangster squad Gangster squad Paul Lieberman Recounts the history of the Gangster Squad, the eight man unit created by the Los Angeles Police Department in 1946, that launched a war against organized crime and planned to wipe out the notorious … OL17697634W
Understanding today's police Understanding today's police Mark L. Dantzker xx, 427 p. : 24 cm OL1876863W
Challenging the prison-industrial complex Challenging the prison-industrial complex Stephen J. Hartnett Boldly and eloquently contributing to the argument against the prison system in the United States, these provocative essays offer an ideological and practical framework for empowering prisoners inste… OL19346776W
Murderer with a badge Murderer with a badge Edward Humes The explosive true story of a killer cop. Pulitzer Prize-winner Humes, the first to break the story, conducted exclusive jail-cell interviews with convicted LAPD officer Bill Leasure to give an enthr… OL1976919W
Essentials of criminal justice Essentials of criminal justice Larry J. Siegel xvi, 370 pages : 27 cm OL19848423W
Rise of the warrior cop Rise of the warrior cop Radley Balko Relates the history of American police forces from the constables and sheriffs of the past to the modern-day SWAT teams and riot squads that blur the line between police officers and soldiers. OL19968444W
Handcuffed Handcuffed Malcolm K. Sparrow "The police shooting of an unarmed young black man in the St. Louis, Missouri, suburb of Ferguson earlier this year sparked riots and the beginning of a national conversation on race and policing. Mu… OL20034086W
When police kill When police kill Franklin E. Zimring When Police Kill is the first comprehensive analysis of police use of lethal force in the United States. The first seven chapters of this volume provide a summary and analysis of the known facts abou… OL20053553W
Good cops Good cops David A. Harris "Police departments across the country have begun to embrace a new approach to law enforcement, which David A. Harris calls "preventive policing." Based on five years of research, Good Cops highlight… OL20635802W
Policing the state Policing the state Louis A. Ruprecht xviii, 103 pages ; 23 cm OL23151708W
Justice without trial Justice without trial Jerome H. Skolnick A Utopian community organized around behaviorist principles offers provocative alternatives to a society lacking direction. OL3904299W
City of Savannah, Georgia police City of Savannah, Georgia police David LaGrange This "coffee table edition" is a snapshot of the Savannah Police Department as it existed at the beginning of the year 2000. There is a historical narrative of roughly 30,000 words written by the li… OL6216903W
Into the Kill Zone Into the Kill Zone David Klinger What's it like to have the legal sanction to shoot and kill? This compelling and often startling book answers this, and many other questions about the oft-times violent world inhabited by our nation'… OL8575039W
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