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Télécharger le livre :  Confidential Informants
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Confidential Informants


Jon Shane


While confidential informants (CI’s) can play a crucial role in police investigations, they also have the potential to cause great harm if they are dishonest.  The process by which police agencies qualify a CI to work and the strength of agency policy may be the source...

Parution : 2015-09-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Toward the Next Generation of Bystander Prevention of Sexual and Relationship Violence
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Toward the Next Generation of Bystander Prevention of Sexual and Relationship Violence


Victoria L. Banyard


This briefs integrates and synthesizes an array of research about who helps others and under what conditions and discusses the implications of this research for a bystander intervention focused prevention agenda to reduce sexual and relationship violence in schools and...

Parution : 2015-09-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Labor Unions, Management Innovation and Organizational Change in Police Departments
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Labor Unions, Management Innovation and Organizational Change in Police Departments


John Decarlo , Michael J. Jenkins


This Brief examines the role of Police Unions in law enforcement policy development. It provides an overview of the historical and political background of police labor unions, and takes a critical look at the shifting perception of labor unions from generally positive...

Parution : 2015-08-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Treatment versus Punishment for Drug Addiction
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Treatment versus Punishment for Drug Addiction


Stefan Schumann , Richard Soyer


??This brief summarizes the results of a two-year, international research project covering drug addiction treatment versus punishment in Austria, Poland, and Spain. It features: -An analysis of the national drug-related legislation and its application in these countries...

Parution : 2015-08-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Homicide Data Sources
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Homicide Data Sources


Adam Dobrin


This Brief provides a detailed guide to national data sources that collect and report data on homicides in the United States, and some key international sources abroad. It provides in-depth coverage of well-known sources, and highlights more obscure sources, providing a...

Parution : 2015-07-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Prison Inmates Living with HIV in India
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Prison Inmates Living with HIV in India


Sayantani Guin


This Brief presents preliminary findings from research in three prisons in Maharashtra, India on experiences of prison inmates there living with HIV. The study explores health care services in these prisons, and problems experienced by inmates in India living with HIV,...

Parution : 2015-04-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Prison Tattoos
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Prison Tattoos


Efrat Shoham


This Brief studies the important role that tattoos play in prison culture, and examines its unique manifestation among minority inmates.This work aims to provide a better understanding of prison group culture, particularly among social marginal groups, through the lens...

Parution : 2015-03-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Social Crime Prevention in the Developing World
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Social Crime Prevention in the Developing World


Heath Grant


This Brief explores the role of social crime prevention as a crime reduction strategy in the developing world. "Social crime prevention" focuses on the social and economic factors that may contribute to violence and criminal behavior in a community. Particularly in the...

Parution : 2014-12-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Developing and Maintaining Police-Researcher Partnerships to Facilitate Research Use
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Developing and Maintaining Police-Researcher Partnerships to Facilitate Research Use


Geoffrey P. Alpert , Peter Martin , Jeff Rojek


This Brief discusses methods to develop and maintain police – researcher partnerships.  First, the authors provide information that will be useful to police managers and researchers who are interested in creating and maintaining partnerships to conduct research, work...

Parution : 2014-09-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Translational Criminology and Counterterrorism
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Translational Criminology and Counterterrorism


Yasemin Irvin-Erickson , Alexis R. Kennedy , Leslie W. Kennedy


 This brief focuses on translational criminology practices as they relate to counter-terrorism and homeland security.   The work provides a detailed and practical examination of how global threats (such as, terrorism and cybercrime) are managed through local response....

Parution : 2014-07-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Policing
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Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Policing


Collectif


This brief focuses on the “doing” of procedural justice: what the police can do to implement the principles of procedural justice, and how their actions can improve citizen perceptions of police legitimacy. Drawing on research from Australia (Mazerolle et al), the UK...

Parution : 2014-07-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Neurocognitive Risk Assessment for the Early Detection of Violent Extremists
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Neurocognitive Risk Assessment for the Early Detection of Violent Extremists


Geoff Dean


This Brief provides a theoretical and conceptual development of a new Risk Assessment Toolbox (RAT) for the early detection of violent extremists. It is based on a neurocognitive perspective, conceptualized as ‘neuroplasticity-in-action’ arising from brain-based neural...

Parution : 2014-06-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs as Organized Crime Groups
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Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs as Organized Crime Groups


Thomas Barker


??This brief covers the unique crime group of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs are adult criminal associations composed of “bikers” living a deviant lifestyle that includes individual, group, and club criminal behavior. These groups are sometimes called...

Parution : 2014-05-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Police Pursuit Driving
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Police Pursuit Driving


Geoffrey P. Alpert , Cynthia Lum


Police pursuits, often receiving a lot of media attention, have become a topic of concern and priority for both law enforcement and the communities they serve. They often come with high risks for the well-being of community members and for both the police officers...

Parution : 2014-04-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China Border
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Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China Border


Kai Chen


From comparative perspective, this book explores the dynamics of child soldiering on the Myanmar-China border (i.e., Kachin and Shan States of Myanmar). At the same time, this book examines the structural factors and specific relationships between child soldiers, which...

Parution : 2014-03-20
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Télécharger le livre :  Using Modeling to Predict and Prevent Victimization
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Using Modeling to Predict and Prevent Victimization


Ken Pease , Andromachi Tseloni


This work provides clear application of a new statistical modeling technique that can be used to recognize patterns in victimization and prevent repeat victimization. The history of crime prevention techniques range from offender-based, to environment/situation-based,...

Parution : 2014-01-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Emerging Trends in Drug Use and Distribution
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Emerging Trends in Drug Use and Distribution


David N. Khey , Bryan Lee Miller , John Stogner


This Brief explores emerging trends in drug use and distribution. This timely Brief examines recent examples of emerging drugs including salvia (from the plant Salvia divinorum), bath salts (and other synthetic stimulants) and so-called research chemicals (primarily...

Parution : 2013-12-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Volunteer Police in the United States
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Volunteer Police in the United States


Elizabeth C. Bartels


?This work examines in-depth the phenomenon of volunteer policing in the United States. Due to a combination of municipal budget cuts, decreased manpower, and a renewed interest in community partnership, everyday citizens are increasingly joining the police rank and...

Parution : 2013-11-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Evidence-Based Practice in Juvenile Justice
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Evidence-Based Practice in Juvenile Justice


Peter Greenwood


Over the past 15 years, evidence-based practice in juvenile justice has moved from a concept to a full blown practice in a number of states. They have used research based principles and programs to: - completely reorganize their system for treating juveniles -reduce...

Parution : 2013-10-17
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Télécharger le livre :  Most-Cited Scholars in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1986-2010
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Most-Cited Scholars in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1986-2010


Ellen G Cohn , David P. Farrington , Amaia Iratzoqui


?? ?This brief examines the influence and prestige of scholars and works in the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice, as well as changes in influence and prestige over a period of 25 years, based on citation analysis. Methods of measuring scholarly influence can...

Parution : 2013-09-20
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