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Bombs and Bombings
Charles C Thomas 2005; US$ 54.95This expanded new edition provides law enforcement personnel, firefighters, and security professionals with the most up-to-date information and procedures on the investigation, detection, and disposal of dangerous bombs and explosives and the evidence obtained from them. The text contains a general outline of the procedures employed in processing both... more...
The Insurgent Barricade
University of California Press 2010; US$ 50.00?To the barricades!? The cry conjures images of angry citizens, turmoil in the streets, and skirmishes fought behind hastily improvised cover. This definitive history of the barricade charts the origins, development, and diffusion of a uniquely European revolutionary tradition. Mark Traugott traces the barricade from its beginnings in the sixteenth... more...
Game Warden
LSU Press 2010; US$ 19.95Of all law enforcement officers, game wardens inspire awe in the mind of the public. Working day and night in the most challenging terrain and weather imaginable, game wardens often operate alone in remote areas and must understand the natural rhythms and cycles of the creatures and ecosystems they protect, all while encountering and sometimes interacting... more...
True Blue
St. Martin's Press 2005; US$ 7.99After September 11, 2001 Las Vegas Police Sergeant Randy Sutton began soliciting writing from law enforcement officers-his goal being to bridge the gap between the police and those they serve, with a book that offers a broad and thoughtful look at the many facets of police life. Hundreds of active and former officers responded from all over the... more...
Master the Police Officer Exam
Peterson's 2011; US$ 7.99Peterson's Master the Police Officer Exam prepares readers for the written exam, educates them on the physical skills they need, and gives them valuable tips to succeed during their interview and psychological screening. They will find an overview of the duties of police officers and the qualifications required. Test takers can prepare with five... more...
The Shankill Butchers
Random House 2009; US$ 10.67'This was the ultimate way to kill a man' During the 1970s a group of Protestant paramilitaries embarked on a spree of indiscriminate murder which left thirty Northern Irish Catholics dead. Their leader was Lenny Murphy, a fanatical Unionist whose Catholic-sounding surname led to his persecution as a child for which he took revenge on all Catholics.... more...
Ordinary Injustice
Henry Holt and Co. 2010; US$ 17.99"A groundbreaking book . . . revealing the systemic, everyday problems in our courts that must be addressed if justice is truly to be served."?Doris Kearns Goodwin Attorney and journalist Amy Bach spent eight years investigating the widespread courtroom failures that each day upend lives across America. What she found was an assembly-line approach... more...
Women in Executive Power
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 138.00Women in Executive Power studies the participation of women in the political executive around the world?notably in cabinet positions as ministers and sub-ministers and as heads of government and state. Providing multiple case studies in each chapter, the book provides regional overviews of nine different world regions covering those with the... more...
Book of Glasgow Murders
Neil Wilson Publishing 2011; US$ 14.57Glasgow is no different from any other city when it comes to crime, and in particular, murder. In this remarkable collection of lesser-known murder stories from both sides of the Second World War, Donald M. Fraser has trawled the public records, newspapers and court proceedings of the day to bring to life a Pandora's Box of killing in and around the... more...
Three Felonies A Day
Encounter Books 2011; US$ 17.95The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague.... more...









