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Constables, Marshals and More
University of North Texas Press 2011; US$ 15.96Most students of criminal justice, and the general public as well, think of policing along the three basic types of municipal, sheriff, and state police. Little is known about other avenues of police work, such as the constable. In policing textbooks, when a position such as constable is mentioned, only a line or two is presented, hardly enough to... more...
Zero Tolerance
NYU Press 2001; US$ 75.00Amadou Diallo, Abner Louima, Anthony Baez, Patrick Dorismond. New York City has been rocked in recent years by the fate of these four men at the hands of the police. But police brutality in New York City is a multi-dimensional phenomenon that refers not only to the hyperviolent response of white male police officers as in these cases, but to an entire... more...
Black Police, White Society
NYU Press 1985; US$ 65.00"Extremely informative. . . deserves a wide readership, both inside and outside police departments.". Publishers Weekly. "An imaginative and insightful account of the day-to-day life of the black police officer in a large urban environment. A must read for all police officers, white as well as black.". Marvin Blue.... more...
Die Prinzipien und Grundstrukturen des Zwangsvollstreckungsrechts
Mohr Siebeck 2007; US$ 144.51Hauptbeschreibung Im Prozess der europäischen Einigung ist das Zwangsvollstreckungsrecht derzeit eher als ein Stiefkind zu bezeichnen. Die Schwierigkeiten liegen hauptsächlich darin begründet, dass es bislang in den meisten europäischen Ländern an einer dogmatischen Aufarbeitung der Prinzipien und der Grundstrukturen der Zwangsvollstreckung mangelt.... more...
Police Reform in Mexico
Stanford University Press 2012; US$ 40.00The urgent need to professionalize Mexican police has been recognized since the early 1990s, but despite even the most well-intentioned promises from elected officials and police chiefs, few gains have been made in improving police integrity. Why have reform efforts in Mexico been largely unsuccessful? This book seeks to answer the question by focusing... more...
One Marshal's Badge
Potomac Books Inc. 2009; US$ 29.95"Much more than one cops tales of gritty cases. Its an encounter with our countrys recent history." From the Other John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted more...
City of Industry
Rutgers University Press 2009; US$ 21.95City of Industry is a stunning exposé on the construction of corporate capitalist spaces. Investigating Industry's archives, including sealed FBI reports, Valle uncovered a series of scandals from the city's founder James M. Stafford to present day corporate heir Edward Roski Jr., the nation's biggest industrial developer. While exposing... more...
The First English Detectives
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 124.99This is the first comprehensive study of the 90-year history of the Bow Street Runners, a group of men established in the middle of the eighteenth century by Henry Fielding, with the financial support of the government, to confront violent offenders on the streets and highways around London. They were developed over the following decades by his half-brother,... more...
Tactical Counterterrorism
Charles C Thomas 2012; US$ 59.95Police officers on the beat, officers on patrol, all cops - local, state, tribal and federal, 750,000 strong - doing what they do every day are the first and most effective line of defense against terrorist acts committed in the Homeland. This manual is designed to overcome the failure of our national counter-terrorist strategy to better utilize local... more...









