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"Captain Perrie, who was known to his contemporaries as 'Buckskin Mose,' wrote an account of his adventures as an Indian scout under the title 'Buckskin Mose---or Life from the Lakes to the Pacific.……続きを見る

"He was the last of his kind, a true cowboy bandit." Daily News, Aug. 29, 2010 "His record of bank and train robbery in the Old West was second to none." -Philadelphia Inquirer, Jul. 18, 1965 "Henry……続きを見る

This project is intended to be a report of what went wrong with the both the response, and later the investigation, of the terrible events of April 18-19, 2020 in Portapique and other areas of centr……続きを見る

An undercover detective is a buyer, and their commodity is intelligence. But what is the real price of justice? 'A compelling and powerful account from the darker side of policing and the terrifying……続きを見る

"Washburne...depicted the riot as a massacre of blacks approved by the press and city officials." -But There was No Peace (2007) "Washburne...highlight[ed] for the record that it was former slaves w……続きを見る

The Bolsheviks' seizure of power in Russia in late 1917 was swiftly followed by the establishment of the Cheka, the secret police of the new Soviet state. The Cheka was central to the Bolsheviks' el……続きを見る

"R.H. Williams, a proslavery English adventurer who had joined the KGC...claimed...its real object was to bring about Secession." - Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire (2013) "R. H. Williams……続きを見る

"One of the most fascinating Texas Rangers of all time was Samuel Hamilton Walkerーno relation...to Chuck Norris' fictional character Cordell Walker." - Samuel Walker: The Real 'Walker, Texas Ranger……続きを見る

As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. **A vividly told yet reflective account of a year as a volunteer police officer, examining the nature of policing, its impact on those who are policed and……続きを見る

Scrupulous, Thorough, Fearless ー The CPIB Story chronicles the journey of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) from its beginnings to the present. The narrative contained within the pa……続きを見る

The International Criminal Court remains a sensitive issue in U.S. foreign policy circles. It was agreed to at the tail end of the Clinton administration, but with serious reservations. In 2002 the ……続きを見る

The current crisis in policing can be traced to failures of reform. Sparrow surely is right to condemn policing directed only at crime rates rather than community satisfaction.” The New York Times……続きを見る

George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis triggered abolitionist shockwaves. Calls to defund the police found receptive ears around the world. Shortly after, Sarah Everard’s murder by a serving police of……続きを見る

The author served with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency for twenty-two years, and he publishes revelations from the inside. These stories of the methods of the Pinkertons were so objectionabl……続きを見る

"Henry offered important insights into the workings of South Carolina's slave patrol system." - An Old Creed for the New South (2008) "An excellent analysis of slave control...one of the few early h……続きを見る

Crime Scene Investigation offers an innovative approach to learning about crime scene investigation, taking the reader from the first response on the crime scene to documenting crime scene evidence ……続きを見る

Policing Criminality and Insurgency in Africa: Perspectives on the Changing Wave of Law Enforcement provides critical insights into the trends and patterns of crime and insurgency in contemporary Af……続きを見る

Correctional officers face considerable stress, risk, and danger that lead to poor physical and mental health outcomes. In fact, their life expectancy is 15 years shorter than the national average. ……続きを見る

Interceptors is an exhilarating ride and front-row seat into the dangerous and harrowing work of law enforcement on America's southern border. Author Matthew Thomas pulls back the curtain and takes ……続きを見る

Our Poisoned Land is Jacques Pauwʼs sequel to the bestselling The Presidentʼs Keepers. A publishing phenomenon, The Presidentʼs Keepers fearlessly exposed former president Jacob Zumaʼs darkest secre……続きを見る

When James Moore joined the ATF in 1960, it was an arm of the Internal Revenue Service with one job: to catch the Mafia bootleggers whose distilleries cheated Uncle Sam of millions in tax revenue. D……続きを見る

Why is criminal justice so central to American politics? Lockdown America not only documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing, prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization ……続きを見る

This book examines protest policing and the toolbox of options available to police commanders in response. The right to peacefully protest is intrinsic to democracy and embedded in British history a……続きを見る

Set in different national contexts (Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Laos, Norway, Thailand) and in different social science disciplines, the chapters of this volume aim at questioning anti-traffi……続きを見る

Threats in Context: Identify, Analyze, Anticipate begins with the premise that a risk assessment is relevant primarilyーand hinges uponーthe correct evaluation of the threat. According to the author……続きを見る

“Compelling, shocking, and gritty with intrigue.”ーPublishers Weekly (starred review) “A real eye-opener that questions how well the country’s security is being protected.”ーKirkus (starred review) ……続きを見る

Policing in the 21st century is becoming increasingly complicated as economic, political, social, and legal circumstances continue to compel police organizations to evolve. To illustrate the complex……続きを見る

The policing of drugs is an intriguing, complex, and contentious domain that brings into sharp focus the multifaceted nature of the police role and has farreaching consequences for health, crime, an……続きを見る

Tales from the Fraud Squad takes the reader on a journey from Willie McGee’s childhood in Mayo to the mean streets of Dublin as a fresh-faced officer in the late seventies, before rising through the……続きを見る

Drawing on six years of ethnographic research, this book critically examines police culture, exploring police behaviours, decisionmaking and actions. Police culture is a concept widely used, often c……続きを見る