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Drugs in Society
This work focuses on the many critical areas of America’s drug problem, providing a foundation for rational decision making within this complex and multidisciplinary field. Broken up into three sections, Understanding the Problem, Gangs and Drugs, and Fighting Back, topics covered include the business of drugs and the role of organized crime in the drug trade, drug legalization and decriminalization, legal and law enforcement strategies, an analysis of the socialization process of drug use and abuse, and a historical discussion of drug abuse that puts the contemporary drug problem into perspective.
Criminal Investigation
A practical guide for both students and practitioners in the field. Written by a nationally recognized expert in criminal investigation and police procedure, Criminal Investigation: The Art and the Science, Seventh Edition, clearly and thoughtfully explains the fundamentals of criminal investigation and forensic science as practiced by police investigators across the nation. The text explores new and emerging techniques in forensic science and how they interface with evidence collection in the field and evidence analysis in the laboratory. Lyman focuses on the steps and considerations involved in actual criminal investigations and examines the many external variables than can influence an investigator's success in the field.
Organized Crime
This is designed to be an introductory text serving several purposes in the field of criminal justice. First, it gives the reader an understanding of the concept of organized crime-what it is and what it is not-and the necessary historical foundation for understanding the evolution, development, and current status of organized crime. Most important, the book is designed to dispel the myth that organized crime is composed exclusively of Italian American criminal groups. Another important component of the book is that drug trafficking plays an important role in the continuing proliferation of organized crime groups. The existence of the illegal drug trade says much about both the groups that t...
Criminal Investigation + Mycrimekit
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The Police
"The Police: An Introduction, 3/e" is designed to inform and excite students about the vast field of police work and the role of the police in a democratic society. Its no-nonsense approach offers frequent insights into everyday duties of police work--a profession that many believe is among the most fascinating and charismatic in our society. The many features of this new revision will aid students of criminal justice and the classroom professor as well. Features Include: Chapter objectives highlighting the main points of each chapter. Topical vignettes: Highlights in Policing, A Closer Look, and American Police Under Fire. Each of which discuss special topics of interest. Improve your profe...
Practical Drug Enforcement
Criminal investigation is a dynamic endeavor impacted by changes in human nature, statutory and constitutional laws, and methods of operation. New challenges are constantly posed for the investigator and the investigation of drug offenses is no exception. It takes advanced skills to keep pace with the criminal mind. Unfortunately, the skills acquir
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Advanced Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Operations
Tradecraft is a term used within the intelligence community to describe the methods, practices, and techniques used in espionage and clandestine investigations. Whether the practitioner is a covert agent for the government or an identity thief and con man, the methods, practices, tactics, and techniques are often the same and sometimes learned from
Rediscovering the Religious Factor in American Politics
This volume addresses whether and how religion and religious institutions affect American politics, and is addressed to readers not only among social scientists and political journalists but also among theologians, seminarians, and religious leaders. The volume is divided into six parts: why study religion in the context of politics; religion as an orientation toward group; religion as a set of public and private practices; doctrinal, experiential, and world view measures; leadership stimuli and reference groups; and does religion matter in studies of voting behavior and attitudes? Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis
This book has evolved by processes of selection and expansion from its predecessor, Practical Scanning Electron Microscopy (PSEM), published by Plenum Press in 1975. The interaction of the authors with students at the Short Course on Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis held annually at Lehigh University has helped greatly in developing this textbook. The material has been chosen to provide a student with a general introduction to the techniques of scanning electron microscopy and x-ray microanalysis suitable for application in such fields as biology, geology, solid state physics, and materials science. Following the format of PSEM, this book gives the student a basic knowled...
