With the War on Terror in full swing, the government's involvement in and influence over law enforcement has changed and, in some cases, expanded. While police forces remain under the jurisdiction of the cities and states they patrol, federal agencies have taken on a wider role in combating and prosecuting crime. Agencies such as the FBI, the DEA, the ATF, and now the Department of Homeland Security have wide and varied responsibilities and powers in combating both terrorism and other crimes. But this wasn't always the case. This timely book examines the history of American federal law enforcement as well as its current state in all of its forms.
The complex system of agencies, agents, and laws that make up our federal law enforcement program have a long and varied history. Bumgarner looks at the issue of federal police powers and explores how the U.S. Supreme Court and lower courts have interpreted the constitutional limits on those powers. He introduces the reader to the many agencies that make up the federal law enforcement community and the jurisdiction and responsibilities of each, as well as the role federal public policy plays in the criminal justice system. Finally, he reviews emerging trends in federal law enforcement, including the expanding domestic effort against terrorism. Readers of this insightful book will unfailingly come away with a better understanding of the history and inner workings of federal law enforcement.

Federal Agents: The Growth of Federal Law Enforcement in America

Politics & Social Sciences

Bumgarner, Jeff

Social Sciences

Praeger

Extremism in the Police: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

Lewandowski, Carla

Bloomsbury Academic

Immigration: Law, Politics, and Crime provides students with a balanced collection of readings that reflect various perspectives on immigration, the politics of immigration, and the question of immigration’s relationship to crime. Devoid of overt ideology, the anthology challenges readers to consider multiple viewpoints and think critically about these complex and timely issues. Over the course of nine chapters, students read articles and essays regarding immigration and growing diversity, who should control U.S. immigration policy, immigration enforcement programs and their effect on immigrant communities, and sanctuary cities. Additional readings address the avenues available for legal immigration and permanent resident status, divergent perspectives on the relationship between immigration and crime, and views on immigration and terrorism. The final chapter discusses immigration and elections, including readings about whether non-citizens vote in U.S. elections and the negative shift in presidential immigration rhetoric. Offering students a thought-provoking and multi-perspective reader on a timely issue for the United States, Immigration is an excellent supplementary resource for courses in criminal justice and political science, especially those with focus on immigration policy.
Jeff Bumgarner, Ph.D. is a professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Political Science at North Dakota State University. His research interests include federal law enforcement, federal crime policy, and homeland security. Dr. Bumgarner is the author or editor of seven books and several articles and book chapters that cover such topics as federal law enforcement, immigration, homeland security, criminal profiling, and other issues. In addition to his 18 years of full-time teaching experience in higher education, Dr. Bumgarner served several years in law enforcement as a deputy sheriff, police chief, and federal agent.

Immigration: Law, Politics, and Crime

Cognella Academic Publishing

Federal Law Enforcement: A Primer fills a gap in criminal justice literature by examining federal law enforcement from both historical and contemporary perspectives. 
Part I of the book considers the history of federal law enforcement in the United States as well as its current status within the broader American law enforcement community. Debate over the reach and scope of federal law enforcement is also addressed. Parts II through V of the book examine the history, organization, personnel, and function of over 20 specific federal law enforcement agencies. Finally, Part VI of the book addresses careers within, and the future of, federal law enforcement in the United States. 
The third edition provides updated information throughout, includes new information about special counsels, and adds a new chapter covering federal Probation and Pretrial Services.

Federal Law Enforcement: A Primer

Burns, Ronald

Crawford, Charles

Carolina Academic Press

This work is the first nontechnical guide to the principles, practices, policies, and profession of emergency management.
The monumental natural and humanmade disasters of the 20th century, which killed 25 million people in Asia alone, have underscored the need for professional and coordinated disaster response worldwide. This book examines the profession and practice of emergency management in the United States, at the United Nations, and around the globe.
Emergency Management explores the history and development of the discipline from the first federal disaster relief proclamation in 1803 to the present day. It also analyzes current debates over when and how emergency resources are best utilized, and the laws and public policies that govern emergencies. An essential source for secondary and college students, and for all citizens who want to understand emergency preparedness.
 • Numerous primary source documents include key legislation as well as FEMA policies and publications
• A chronology lists major disasters in the United States along with key emergency management developments

Emergency Management: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

Reference

ABC-CLIO

An unbiased examination of profiling in the criminal justice system―one of the most hotly contested public policy issues―on the streets, in the courts, and in the jails and prisons of America.
In the post-9/11 world, profiling by law enforcement has become "standard operating procedure." Profiling by prosecutors, judges, and corrections officers is pervasive in other criminal justice contexts as well. Is profiling actually effective in preventing crime or identifying likely offenders and therefore justifiable? This accessible, single-volume reference book examines profiling as it pertains to the criminal justice system in the United States, providing non-partisan information that illuminates the full scope of the profiling issue and discusses the possible impact of profiling on all American citizens.
Addressing this highly controversial topic holistically, the book considers questions such as whether the criminal justice system in the United States unfairly targets minorities, how the rights of minorities can be protected while enabling law enforcement to use every resource available, and whether justification for profiling techniques exists. This work will serve students at the high school and college level as well as general readers who are interested in criminal justice issues and issues relating to equality and fairness before the bar of justice.
 • Presents essays from scholars in the field on both sides of the debate to provide fair and objective information that allow readers to consider the interests of equality and fairness on one side versus public safety and crime fighting on the other
• Examines profiling along a wide range of variables―race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation―rather than addressing only racial profiling
• Covers more recent events in profiling such as Arizona SB 1070, the "Stop and Frisk" policy in New York City, and the TSA's profiling of Muslims as well as older cases such as Whren vs. United States
• Provides summaries and analyses of key court cases relating to the permissibility and impermissibility of profiling

Profiling and Criminal Justice in America: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

Federal Law Enforcement: A Primer, serves to fill a gap in criminal justice literature by examining federal law enforcement from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Part I of the book considers the history of federal law enforcement in the United States as well as its current status within the broader American law enforcement community. Debate over the reach and scope of federal law enforcement is also addressed. Part II of the book examines the history, organization, personnel, and function of over 20 specific federal law enforcement agencies. Finally, Part III of the book addresses careers within, and the future of, federal law enforcement in the United States.

Minnesota's Criminal Justice System covers a wide range of criminal justice topics, including, but not limited to, crime levels, law enforcement, corrections, the judiciary, juvenile justice, punishment, and other key subject matter all within the geographic, cultural, historical, and political contexts of Minnesota.

Minnesota's Criminal Justice System (State-Specific Criminal Justice Series)

Hilal, Susan

Densley, James

Federal Law Enforcement: A Primer serves to fill a gap in criminal justice literature by examining federal law enforcement from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Part I of the book considers the history of federal law enforcement in the United States as well as its current status within the broader American law enforcement community. Debate over the reach and scope of federal law enforcement is also addressed. Parts II through V of the book examine the history, organization, personnel, and function of over 20 specific federal law enforcement agencies. Finally, Part VI of the book addresses careers within, and the future of, federal law enforcement in the United States.

A much-needed reference work on one of the hottest subjects today―profiling and its use and misuse by legal and police authorities.
Seven of ten African American men between the ages of 18 and 34 believe they have been victims of an insidious form of discrimination: racial profiling. Are they right? Or rather, is profiling a legitimate, fair, and effective law enforcement tool?
This unique handbook examines the history behind racial, gender, and religious profiling, charts its guiding philosophies, surveys supporting legal doctrines and legislation, and presents the arguments pro and con. It focuses on profiling by police, prosecutors, and judges; federal and state civil rights laws; key legal cases and studies; and more. Whether one wishes to explore racial profiling by state troopers in New Jersey, the identification of serial killers by the FBI, or the screening of potential terrorists by airport security, this is the book to consult.
 • Includes a chronology of key events in American criminal justice including discussions of key court cases, developments in criminal procedure, the development of sentencing guidelines, civil rights milestones, and examples of court-sanctioned profiling such as the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
 • Includes brief biographies of key people such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Douglas, Jesse Jackson, and Janet Reno

History

World

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Federal Agents: The Growth of Federal Law Enforcement in America

Extremism in the Police: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

Immigration: Law, Politics, and Crime

Federal Law Enforcement: A Primer

Emergency Management: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

Profiling and Criminal Justice in America: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

Federal Law Enforcement: A Primer

Minnesota's Criminal Justice System (State-Specific Criminal Justice Series)

Federal Law Enforcement: A Primer

Profiling and Criminal Justice in America: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)