Public Enemies : Americas Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 by

The Concealed Handgun Manual: How to Choose, Carry, and Shoot a Gun in Self Defense by Privateer Pubns $17.95
Timely because more states continue to pass concealed-carry legislation, this comprehensive handbook contains information on current state regulations, beginning and advanced shooting instruction, and updated safety advice. This guide covers everything needed to understand these subjects and offers tips on the importance of self-protection, selecting and buying a handgun, and methods of...

The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice by Waveland Pr Inc $22.95
This refreshing, illuminating volume offers students of crime and justice an innovative alternative to traditional criminal justice texts. Each of the authoritative, well-written chapters questions our most basic assumptions of crime and justice, covering relevant issues such as juvenile crime, the death penalty, and serial murder. Each crime problem is carefully traced from its creation to...

Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation (Elsevier series in forensic and police science) by Elsevier

NYPD Blue Lies: The Shocking True Story of Racism, Corruption, Cover-Ups and Murder in the NYPD by Arbor Books $15.95
MURDER, CORRUPTION, RACISM AND SCANDAL: GIULIANI'S NYPD. When a New York senator was issued a traffic ticket by a New York City cop, his call to a top-ranking member of the NYPD for a favor started a chain of events that resulted in the horrific murder of an innocent young woman, Bliss Verdon. Police sergeant Charles Castro was singled out to be the scapegoat in a cover-up of the NYPD's...

Crime and Policing in Rural and Small Town America by Waveland Pr Inc $19.95
A close examination of an overlooked subject! American culture is viewed by many to be a homogenous urban culture. It is often assumed that rural crime is rare or nonexistent-that when it does occur, it is only a "small" version of the urban crime problem. The authors' findings directly challenge this assumption. Rural crime and rural justice are not simply scaled?down versions of urban...

Special Agent: My life on the front Lines as a Woman in the Fbi by Hyperion

The Police and Society: Touchstone Readings by Waveland Pr Inc $39.95
The articles in this collection reveal fundamental assumptions about the relationship of the police to society. Articles were selected for both their complementary and their competing natures. They serve as touchstones for one another, measuring and questioning the value of previous conceptions about how policing fits into the broader social context. Many of the articles challenge the methods by...

Public Policy Crime and Criminal Justice by Prentice Hall College Div $48.00
Offers a "whole-system" view of public policy, crime and criminal justice, with original articles on various topics ranging from a general discussion of public policy, the causes of crime and the components of the criminal justice system, to the implications for policy.

Theorizing Criminal Justice: Eight Essential Orientations by Waveland Pr Inc $30.95
The goal of this book is to encourage thinking about criminal justice. What theories direct the behaviors of the police, the courts, and corrections administrators? Are due process rights the foundation of actions, or is the control of crime an overriding concern? Are criminal justice personnel motivated by the need to diagnose and treat the individual offender, or are classification and...