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Common Sense Police Supervision
Charles C Thomas 2008; US$ 49.95Thoroughly revised and updated, this practical hands-on book is packed full of step-by-step guidelines and suggestions for carrying out a multitude of leadership tasks and responsibilities focused on a changing work force that serves an equally changing and complex society. While emphasizing the real value of common sense in good leadership practices,... more...
The Trials and Tribulations of Becoming a Swat Commander
Charles C Thomas 2004; US$ 18.95Captain Kolman (ret.), formerly of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, founder and first Director of the National Tactical Officers Association, and who authored one of the first SWAT textbooks in 1982, now brings forth a unique book that not only captures the substantive information required by new SWAT commanders but also its culture.... more...
A Guide to the Development of Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
Charles C Thomas 1982; US$ 31.95By John A. Kolman, Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. With a Foreword by Peter I. Pitchess. CONTENTS: Organization and Structure; Selection of Personnel; Equipment Requirements; Training the Special Weapons and Tactics Team; Hostage Negotiations; Suggested Response to Tactical Situations; The Future of Special Weapons and Tactics Teams .Appendices:... more...
Pure Evil
John Blake 2008; US$ 9.99On December 1st, 1996, Lee Harvey was stabbed 42 times in a frenzied knife attack. His girlfriend, Tracie Andrews, claimed he had been murdered in a road rage attack and, days later, appeared at a press conference making an emotional appeal for witnesses to the crime. During the days following the attack, the horrific truth about what really happened... more...
Forensic Science
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 9.99Forensic science is a subject of wide fascination. What happens at a crime scene? How does DNA profiling work? How can it help solve crimes that happened 20 years ago? In forensic science, a criminal case can often hinge on a piece of evidence such as a hair, a blood trace, half a footprint, or a tyre mark. High profile cases such as the Stephen Lawrence... more...
Steeped in Blood
Random House Struik 2010; US$ 13.00Bloody crimes of passion, political assassinations, sinister poisonings, investment fraud and mass mining disasters ? Dr David Klatzow has seen it all. During his extraordinary twenty-six-year career as South Africa?s foremost independent forensic scientist, he has investigated countless high-profile and notorious cases. Steeped in Blood provides gripping... more...
CSI for the First Responder
CRC Press 2010; US$ 59.95Critical to the successful apprehension and prosecution of criminals, the job of collecting evidence at a crime scene requires knowledge, technical skills, patience, and perseverance. Often this task falls on just one individual ? the officer on routine patrol duties who is the first to arrive at the scene of a crime. Written by an expert with seventeen... more...
Bomb Squad
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 42.00Criminals use explosives to kill, maim, and intimidate, and as a tool for robbing banks, safes, homes, and other targets. Terrorists first utilized explosives in the 17th century in a failed plot to assassinate England's King James I. Since then, militant groups such as the Irish Republican Army, the Ku Klux Klan, and al Qaeda have used bombings... more...
Practical Crime Scene Analysis and Reconstruction
CRC Press 2009; US$ 96.95Addresses various aspects of the analysis and reconstruction of the events surrounding a crime. Beginning with established protocols for crime scene processing, this book outlines the authors' unique methodology for event analysis. more...
Digital Forensics for Network, Internet, and Cloud Computing
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 72.95Network forensics is an evolution of typical digital forensics, where evidence is gathered and analyzed from network traffic. This book will help security and network forensics professionals, as well as network administrators, understand the challenges faced by organizations and individuals investigating network-based criminal cases. The authors not... more...









