Police Ethics : Crisis in Law Enforcement

"This third edition has been comprehensively revised, expanding the information in the previous edition on the long-standing challenge of implementing effective, responsible, and acceptable practices in ethical police work. The author's unique perspective provides insights not found elsewhere and presents them in an informative, fact-filled, and encouraging way. The text is based on the premise that ethical crisis has always existed in law enforcement and stresses that policing is and always has been a 'morally dangerous occupation.' The moral dangers of policing are discussed in detail and emphasize how crucial ethical standards are for police officers. Four critical and primary questions addressed in the text are: Is law enforcement a profession? Can law enforcement officers be professional? What forms of behavior are the major law enforcement ethical violations? Can police ethical violations be controlled? Several chapters also thoroughly review the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics and include very up-to-date examples of notable violations by individual officers and police departments. Additional topics include major police corruption issues, including corrupt practices and corruption control; abuse of authority; and getting effective control of unethical behavior. The goal of this timely new edition is to provide officers, law enforcement managers, and city administrators with only the most current information, tools, and skills in identifying and dealing with unethical police behavior. It is valuable to both new and seasoned officers in a significant effort to make policing a true profession that is real and not rhetoric"--Provided by publisher.

Police Ethics: Crisis in Law Enforcement

Barker, Tom

Religion & Spirituality

Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd

Emergency Vehicle Operations: Emergency Calls and Pursuit Driving

Criminal Law

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

"This third edition has been comprehensively revised, expanding the information in the previous edition on the long-standing challenge of implementing effective, responsible, and acceptable practices in ethical police work. The author's unique perspective provides insights not found elsewhere and presents them in an informative, fact-filled, and encouraging way. The text is based on the premise that ethical crisis has always existed in law enforcement and stresses that policing is and always has been a 'morally dangerous occupation.' The moral dangers of policing are discussed in detail and emphasize how crucial ethical standards are for police officers. Four critical and primary questions addressed in the text are: Is law enforcement a profession? Can law enforcement officers be professional? What forms of behavior are the major law enforcement ethical violations? Can police ethical violations be controlled? Several chapters also thoroughly review the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics and include very up-to-date examples of notable violations by individual officers and police departments. Additional topics include major police corruption issues, including corrupt practices and corruption control; abuse of authority; and getting effective control of unethical behavior. The goal of this timely new edition is to provide officers, law enforcement managers, and city administrators with only the most current information, tools, and skills in identifying and dealing with unethical police behavior. It is valuable to both new and seasoned officers in a significant effort to make policing a true profession that is real and not rhetoric"--Provided by publisher.

Politics & Government

You've just been promoted to your first management role. Congratulations. Now what? Technical management is a completely different skill set from being an individual contributor in an Engineering, IT, QA, Operations, or Infrastructure organization. There are new expectations, new things to worry about, and most likely not much training available to show you all of these things.This book is meant to be that manual to show you the things that you will need to focus on right away.

Technical Management: A Primer

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Open Source Career

Leadership for Results: Removing Barriers to Success for People, Projects, And Processes

Asq Pr

Pro Data Visualization using R and JavaScript makes the R language approachable, and promotes the idea of data gathering and analysis. You'll see how to use R to interrogate and analyze your data, and then use the D3 JavaScript library to format and display that data in an elegant, informative, and interactive way. You will learn how to gather data effectively, and also how to understand the philosophy and implementation of each type of chart, so as to be able to represent the results visually.
 With the popularity of the R language, the art and practice of creating data visualizations is no longer the preserve of mathematicians, statisticians, or cartographers. As technology leaders, we can gather metrics around what we do and use data visualizations to communicate that information. Pro Data Visualization using R and JavaScript combines the power of the R language with the simplicity and familiarity of JavaScript to display clear and informative data visualizations. 
 Gathering and analyzing empirical data is the key to truly understanding anything. We can track operational metrics to quantify the health of our products in production. We can track quality metrics of our projects, and even use our data to identify bad code. Visualizing this data allows anyone to read our analysis and easily get a deep understanding of the story the data tells.

Pro Data Visualization using R and JavaScript

Computers & Technology

Web Development & Design

Apress

Use R 4, RStudio, Tidyverse, and Shiny to interrogate and analyze your data, and then use the D3 JavaScript library to format and display that data in an elegant, informative, and interactive way. You will learn how to gather data effectively, and also how to understand the philosophy and implementation of each type of chart, so as to be able to represent the results visually. With the popularity of the R language, the art and practice of creating data visualizations is no longer the preserve of&nbsp;mathematicians, statisticians, or cartographers. As technology leaders, we can gather metrics around what we do and use data visualizations to communicate that information.&nbsp;Pro Data Visualization Using R and JavaScript&nbsp;combines the power of the R language with the simplicity and familiarity of JavaScript to display clear and informative data visualizations. Gathering and analyzing empirical data is the key to truly understanding anything. We can track operational metrics to quantify the health of our products in production. We can track quality metrics of our projects, and even use our data to identify bad code. Visualizing this data allows anyone to read our analysis and easily get a deep understanding of the story the data tells. This book makes the R language approachable, and promotes the idea of data gathering and analysis mostly using web interfaces. What You Will Learn <ul> <li>Carry out data visualization using R and JavaScript</li> <li>Use RStudio for data visualization&nbsp;</li> <li>Harness Tidyverse data pipelines</li> <li style="list-style: none">Apply D3 and R Notebooks towards your data</li> <li>Work with the R Plumber API generator, Shiny, and more</li> </ul> Who This Book Is For Programmers and data scientists/analysts who have some prior experience with R and JavaScript.

Pro Data Visualization Using R and JavaScript: Analyze and Visualize Key Data on the Web

Westfall, Jon

Computer Science

Yes, you can use responsive web design to create high performance, compelling websites. With this practical book, author Tom Barker demonstrates that responsive design is not just a frontend-only approach, but also a philosophy for taking advantage of the entire web stack. Responsive design patterns and anti-patterns, derived from heavily used real-world sites, are guiding principles throughout the book.
Ideal for frontend-focused web developers, this book shows you how to incorporate responsiveness and performance into your project plan, use Node.js for device-specific functionality on the backend, and write automated tests for a continuous integration environment. You’ll explore many useful tools and responsive frameworks, and gain useful insights from Barker’s own experience with responsive design along the way.
<ul>
<li>Get a primer on web performance concepts, web runtime performance, and performance tracking tools</li>
<li>Write functionality with Node.js that serves up a device-specific experience to the client</li>
<li>Explore client-side solutions, such as lazy loading entire sections of a page—including images, styling, and content</li>
<li>Validate service level agreements (SLAs) by writing automated tests with PhantomJS</li>
<li>Examine several responsive frameworks, including the author’s server-side framework, Ripple</li>
</ul>

High Performance Responsive Design: Building Faster Sites Across Devices

O'Reilly Media

This book examines adult organized criminal gangs, a major North American crime problem responsible for the drug trafficking epidemic plaguing Mexico, the United States and Canada. In addition, North American AOCS are involved in a wide range of other trafficking and organized crime enterprises. NOTE: The third edition title has changed slightly to add "Adult" to North American Criminal Gangs to distinguish the book from those that focus on youth gangs and delinquency. Early chapters define different types of gangs street-based, prison-based and outlaw motorcycle gangs and illustrate the specific gangs (MS-13, Hells Angels, Bloods and Crips, etc.), giving many examples of gang activities in the news. Also explored are how different gangs sometimes work together, illustrated in events like Operation Joker's Wild which shed a light on cooperation between the Florencia 13 street gang and the Mexican Mafia prison gang and led to drug-trafficking and murder charges. Later chapters look more closely at the drug-trafficking business models of various gangs, and how this leads to RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) charges and convictions. Many recent examples of gang activity have been added throughout the third edition to update the material, such as that of the Bandidos national president who was convicted on racketeering and murder charges in San Antonio in 2018.

North American Adult Criminal Gangs: Street, Prison, Outlaw Motorcycle, and Drug Trafficking Organizations

Carolina Academic Press

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