Organised Crime and Law Enforcement (Routledge Studies in Organised Crime)

Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective examines organised crime and law enforcement through the conceptual lens of networks. The book takes stock of the many ways in which network theories and concepts, including social network analysis, can apply to studying both organised crime and law enforcement responses to organised crime. It is the first attempt to bring these diverse network perspectives and distinct fields of research together. 
The book is organised into two parts. The first part uses network perspectives to advance our understanding of the interconnected social structure of organised criminal groups, to expose their strengths and vulnerabilities, and to illuminate factors that enable such groups to undertake complex criminal activities. The second part uses a network lens to examine the challenges that organised criminal groups present for a wide range of law enforcement agencies, and the utility of network theories and concepts in understanding and informing their responses to organised crime. 
Written in a clear and direct style, the book will appeal to scholars and practitioners of criminology, sociology, law enforcement, and all those interested in learning more about theories of organised crime and its relationship with law enforcement.

Bright, David

Whelan, Chad

Reference

Routledge

In a few short decades before the First World War, Calgary was transformed from a frontier outpost into a complex industrial metropolis. With industrialization there emerged a diverse and equally complex working class. David Bright explores the various levels of class formation and class identity in the city to argue that Calgary’s reputation as a prewar centre of labour conservatism is in need of revision.Bright also delineates the trials of the Calgary labour movement in the 1920s. Internal divisions and dissent prevented the movement from realizing the potential strength of the working class. Instead, even as local capitalism restructured itself, political and industrial labour organizations wilfully fragmented their own base of support. In particular, they failed to address the concerns and needs of the growing number of unemployed in the city, a neglect that foreshadowed events of the 1930s.This failure left the labour movement unable to meet the challenge of the Great Depression. In part, at least, the demise of labour as a viable political alternative in Calgary paved the way for the rise of Social Credit.Using Calgary as a model, The Limits of Labour reasserts the need to place class formation at the heart of the development of western Canada and provides an historical context to the renewed struggle of labour for social justice in the 1990s.

The Limits of Labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929

Business & Money

Economics

UBC Press

HEARTS IN SUSPENSION includes a substantial essay by Stephen King on his college experience in the late 1960s, when the effort to end the War in Vietnam was at its height. The book also includes King’s novella “Hearts in Atlantis” (set on the University of Maine campus during King’s college years); four installments of King’s early newspaper column, “King’s Garbage Truck”; relevant photographs from the period; and twelve personal narratives by classmates and friends who knew Stephen King during his college years and were his fellow student writers and political activists. The collection was edited by poet and King mentor, Jim Bishop.

Hearts in Suspension

Literature & Fiction

BISHOP, JIM

Alpert, Michael

KING,STEPHEN

Carreiro, Keith

Genre Fiction

Univ of Maine Pr

Using empirical data, including qualitative interviews with law enforcement practitioners and available documentation, this book examines the challenges that sophisticated organised criminal networks present for police and criminal intelligence agencies and the ways in which these challenges can be better understood and managed through taking a network perspective to both organised crime and law enforcement. It examines organised crime through the conceptual lens of ¿networks¿ and advances our understanding of the ways in which organised crime groups actually organise as well as how networks contribute to the success and survival of criminal organisations. Drawing on examples such as fusion centres and task forces, designed to facilitate the sharing of information and intelligence and the use of network analysis, this book provides an original contribution to the field that will be of interest to a diverse audience of researchers and practitioners concerned with organised crime and law enforcement.

K-12 Career Development: An Integrative Social Justice Approach

K-12 Career Development: An Integrative Social Justice Approach provides school counselors-in-training with a clear and comprehensive theoretical model to help them build and maintain a K-12 career development program within schools that feature a holistic focus on applied social justice principles. Filling a necessary gap in the literature, this text recognizes that social justice is at the core of all school counseling work and that career development is a major focus of the school counselor. It is designed to empower the next generation of school counselors to provide quality and equitable services to all students. The book begins with coverage of the history of career development in schools, key theories within the discipline, and community-based considerations. Later chapters focus on practical applications, presenting the steps, actions, and programming involved in implementing and sustaining an effective and social justice-oriented K-12 career development program, with interventions provided for specific grade ranges. Closing chapters examine advanced considerations, including social justice and community partnerships, anti-racist practices, trauma-informed career development, data collection for program maintenance and evaluation, and more. An innovative and essential text, K-12 Career Development is an exemplary resource for school counselors-in-training and in practice.

Cognella Academic Publishing

Review\nContext Is Everything surprised me and raised much-needed broad questions in my mind. As I read through this fine work, I wondered: How was David Bright able to write so clearly and delightfully about such complex and necessary, issues as world view, conscious and unconscious perspectives, the impact of social media, and the import of understanding the impact of culture and class? His invitation to experience inner freedom, a radically new sense of openness, and a deeper appreciation of self and others is admirable--especially during these divisive times when truth is unfortunately often held in such low regard. I think most of us want to see life, our own lives, more clearly so we can live with a greater sense of meaning. Context Is Everything can significantly contribute to further advancing this desire and help us to put the wisdom gained into action.\n- Robert J. Wicks Author of The Tao of Ordinariness and Perspective: The Calm within the Storm\nDr. David Bright's new book, Context is Everything, is a must read - especially today! From humorous anecdotes to dynamic stories, Bright uses a plethora of ways to engage and encourage readers to heighten their awareness of how important context is in forming and hsaping their own identities and beliefs and the identities and beliefs of others with whom they interact. Bright skillfully challenges readers to start by poining the finger inward and reflecting on how their own backgrounds and biases are having impact on the relationships they have with family, friends, colleagues, and fellow citizens. There's no doubt in my mind that those who give this book a good read and take an honest look at themselves in ways that Bright suggests will become more open and respectful of those that hold opposing views and beliefs. Can you imagine what this divided country would look like if everyone did just that?\n-Dr Robert Orndorff, Senior Director for Penn State Career Services, Affiliate Associate Professor of Counselor Education\nReading Context is Everything is like experiencing a personal counseling session, an inspiring college class, and a long walk with a friend all at once - it's the perfect companion for professional and personal growth! Relatable, useful, and light-hearted, Context is Everything is an excellent resource for anyone working to heal and strengthen the relationships we have with ourselves, each other, and the world. By offering a framework for listening and acting according to each person's particular way of understanding a situation, Dr. Bright shows us how to find the common humanity between us all by leading with kindness and love.\n-Kel Morgan, Ed.M., Teachers College, Columbia University\nTelevision, movies, news, and social media; we're living in a world where we're inundated with stories and information. Yet somehow, instead of learning about each other and coming together, our nation is more divided than ever. Despite our access to facts and information, research indicates that our distrust of others is at a record high. In everyday interactions, we deal with people who seem to be operating in an entirely different reality than us—because they are.\nIn Context is Everything: How to Navigate Life in Multiple Realities, author David James Bright explains how each of us is raised in our own unique context and how that context shapes our identity, narratives, beliefs, and willingness to interpret facts. Bright pulls from his extensive work as a mental health, career, and school counselor to help readers better understand how we create our own social narratives and identities.\nThrough personal anecdotes, real-world examples, case studies, doses of humor, and research, you'll learn how our personal biases and tendencies can affect how we interact with others, especially those with different life experiences or those of different social classes, ethnic backgrounds, sexual identities, or political affiliations.\nBy facilitating greater level

Context Is Everything: How to Navigate Life in Multiple Realities

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Cognella Press

Rapists. Paedophiles. Psychopaths. Their crimes are the most horrific of any criminal and the devastation wrought on the victims and their families is incalculable. Their crimes are often highly organised, systematic and secretive, making their capture a challenge that is never an easy one. In this extraordinary book David Bright takes the reader on a journey into the world of the monsters that plague us. It is an uncompromising, sometimes uncomfortable read, yet vital if we are to understand and combat these demons. His ground-breaking work alerted the public to the existence of organised paedophilia - a menace that had previously either been hushed up, ignored or simply not fully understood. David tells his story with compassion and modesty, revealing the fascinating techniques and methods used to capture the most dangerous men in Britain.

Catching Monsters: The True Story of One Man's Battle Against the Most Evil Men in Britain

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

John Blake

In this extraordinary book, David Bright takes the reader on a journey into the world of the monsters that plague us. It is an uncompromising, sometimes uncomfortable read, yet vital if we are to understand and combat demons such as rapists, pedophiles, and psychopaths. His groundbreaking work alerted the public to the existence of organized pedophilia—a menace that had previously either been hushed up, ignored, or simply not fully understood. David tells his story with compassion and modesty, revealing the fascinating techniques and methods used to capture the most dangerous men in Britain.

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Organised Crime and Law Enforcement (Routledge Studies in Organised Crime)

The Limits of Labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929

The Limits of Labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929

Hearts in Suspension

Organised Crime and Law Enforcement (Routledge Studies in Organised Crime)

K-12 Career Development: An Integrative Social Justice Approach

Context Is Everything: How to Navigate Life in Multiple Realities

K-12 Career Development: An Integrative Social Justice Approach

Catching Monsters: The True Story of One Man's Battle Against the Most Evil Men in Britain

Catching Monsters: The True Story of One Man's Battle Against the Most Evil Men in Britain