This is a comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to police administration for courses in police administration and for officers preparing for sergeant's exam. Covering all major administration areas, this balanced treatment of theoretical concepts and practice provides students with an understanding of how and why police agencies are administered and the options or alternatives available to the administrator. Practical applications and case studies, usually from specific departments, support the theoretical concepts. An overview of the political process delineates the relationship between the police and government. Strong coverage of planning activities covers planning, programming, and budgeting. Court cases are provided throughout to promote understanding of legal concepts which apply to the various aspects of administration.

Police Administration

Gaines,Larry

Southerland,Mittie

Angell,John

Worrall,John

Criminal Law

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

For courses in police administration and management. A problem-solving approach to modern police leadership Managing and Leading Today's Police: Challenges, Best Practices, and Case Studies provides a comprehensive insider’s view into the challenging work of police leaders at all levels of management. Using a problem-based learning approach, the authors draw on their extensive practical experience to critique the organizational, personnel, and operational issues facing police agencies and to assert “what works” in contemporary police management. The 4th edition is a major revision, moving from a supervision to a management perspective. It covers new policing strategies, methods, and technologies transforming the field and demanding new knowledge of police supervisors, managers, and leaders.

Managing and Leading Today's Police: Challenges, Best Practices, Case Studies

Politics & Social Sciences

Peak, Kenneth

Glensor, Ronald

Social Sciences

Pearson

Taking a comprehensive approach, HOMELAND SECURITY provides an overview of homeland security and terrorism. Organized in a four-part format, it examines the foundation for homeland security, homeland security and terrorism, defeating terrorists and their activities, and Homeland Security's response to terrorist threats. Each chapter includes key terms, discussion questions, marginal web links and HS analysis boxes that encourage students to think critically and analyze current problems inherent to homeland security and terrorism.

Homeland Security

Kappeler, Victor

Legal Theory & Systems

Homeland Security and Terrorism

NOTE: This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version. Student Value Editions also offer a great value; this format costs significantly less than a new textbook. Before purchasing, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. For introductory courses in homeland security. A complete picture of homeland security and terrorism – past and present Homeland Security provides a comprehensive overview of homeland security and terrorism. Acknowledging that homeland security is primarily a response to terrorism, the text examines the threats and operations of terrorist organizations before moving on to U.S. counterterrorism efforts. Homeland security measures are assessed alongside laws and presidential directives from the early 2000s to the present day. The 2nd edition includes new analysis of hotly contested issues such as immigration and border security, cybercrime and cybersecurity, the disaster response system (FEMA), and U.S. government guidance on protecting critical infrastructure and key assets from acts of terrorism.

Kremling, Janine

<h2>Table of Contents</h2> <ul> <li>Introduction to Homeland Security</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>American and Terrorist Attacks</li> <li>What Is Homeland Security <ul> <li>Homeland Security Missions and Goals</li> <li>Definitional Issues and Homeland Security</li> <li>Collateral Benefits from Homeland Security</li> </ul> </li> <li>The Scope of Homeland Security</li> <li>Pre-9/11 Efforts to Improve Homeland Security</li> <li>The 9/11 Commission Report</li> <li>The National Strategy for Homeland Security <ul> <li>Intelligence and Warning</li> <li>Border and Transportation Security</li> <li>Domestic Counterterrorism</li> <li>Protecting Critical Infrastructure</li> <li>Defend against Catastrophic Events</li> <li>Emergency Preparedness and Response</li> <li>Legal Initiatives</li> <li>Science and Technology</li> <li>Information Sharing and Systems</li> <li>International Cooperation</li> </ul> </li> <li>Costs of Homeland Security <ul> <li>Indirect Costs</li> </ul> </li> <li>Summary</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Homeland Security Apparatus</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Department of Homeland Security</li> <li>Political Considerations in the Creation of the Department of Homeland Security <ul> <li>White House and Congressional Oversight</li> <li>Agency Confusion and Mission Distortion</li> </ul> </li> <li>The Structure of the Department of Homeland Security <ul> <li>DHS Administrative and Support Agencies</li> <li>Transportation Security Administration</li> <li>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</li> <li>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</li> <li>Immigration Enforcement</li> <li>Investigating Illegal Movement of People and Goods <ul> <li>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services</li> <li>U.S. Secret Service</li> <li>U.S. Coast Guard</li> </ul> </li> <li>Federal Emergency Management Agency</li> <li>Federal Law Enforcement Training Center</li> <li>Domestic Nuclear Detection Office</li> </ul> </li> <li>Department of Defense and Homeland Security</li> <li>State-Level Homeland Security</li> <li>Summary</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Overview of National Infrastructure Protection</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Threats to Critical Infrastructure</li> <li>Federal Agencies Involved in the Protection of American Assets</li> <li>Scope of American Critical Infrastructure Assets</li> <li>Critical Infrastructure Sectors</li> <li>National Critical Infrastructure Prioritization Program</li> <li>The National Infrastructure Protection Plan: Conceptual Operation of Homeland Security Protection <ul> <li>Set Goals and Objectives</li> <li>Identify Infrastructure</li> <li>Assess and Analyze Risks</li> <li>Implement Risk Management Activities</li> <li>Measure Effectiveness</li> </ul> </li> <li>Critique of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan Model</li> <li>A Bottom-Up Approach</li> <li>The Buffer Zone Protection Plan</li> <li>The Reality of Critical Infrastructure Protection: States'' Responsibilities</li> <li>Key Critical Infrastructure Sectors <ul> <li>Water and Wastewater Systems</li> <li>Chemical Sector</li> <li>Commercial Facilities Sector</li> <li>Communications Sector</li> <li>Critical Manufacturing Sector</li> <li>Dams Sector</li> <li>Defense Industrial Base Sector</li> <li>Emergency Services Sector</li> <li>Energy</li> <li>Transportation Security</li> <li>Ground Transportation</li> </ul> </li> <li>Infrastructure from the Terrorists'' Viewpoint</li> <li>Complacency: The Threat to Homeland Security</li> <li>Summary</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The Legal Aspects of Homeland Security</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Presidential Executive Orders and Directives <ul> <li>Executive Orders of President Clinton</li> <li>Executive Orders of President George W. Bush</li> <li>Executive Orders of President Barack Obama</li> <li>Executive Orders of President Donald Trump</li> </ul> </li> <li>Federal Antiterrorism Statutes <ul> <li>Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996</li> <li>The USA Patriot Act</li> </ul> </li> <li>U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court</li> <li>Summary</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Political and Social Foundations of Terrorism</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Introduction <ul> <li>Continuum of Social Conflict</li> </ul> </li> <li>Defining Terrorism</li> <li>A Brief History of Terrorism <ul> <li>Early Forms of Terrorism</li> <li>The French Revolution</li> <li>Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth Century Terrorism</li> <li>Terrorism in the Late Twentieth Century</li> <li>Terrorism in Early America</li> <li>Terrorism Today</li> </ul> </li> <li>The Roots and Causes of Terrorism <ul> <li>Globalization</li> <li>Religion</li> <li>Israeli-Palestinian Conflict</li> <li>Russian Invasion of Afghanistan</li> <li>Wahhabism</li> <li>Authoritarian Governments</li> <li>Failed States and Terrorism</li> </ul> </li> <li>Individual Explanations of Terrorism</li> <li>Types of Terrorism <ul> <li>State-Sponsored Terrorism</li> <li>Dissent Terrorism</li> <li>Terrorists on the Left and Right</li> <li>Religious Terrorism</li> <li>Criminal Terrorism</li> </ul> </li> <li>Level of Terrorist Activities</li> <li>Strategies for Dealing with Terrorism <ul> <li>Crushing Terrorist Groups Unilaterally</li> <li>Crushing Terrorist Groups Multilaterally</li> <li>Containment</li> <li>Defense</li> <li>Diversion</li> <li>Delegitimation</li> <li>Transforming Terrorist Breeding Grounds</li> </ul> </li> <li>Women Terrorists</li> <li>Summary</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The Nature and Geography of Terrorist Groups, State Sponsors of Terror, and Safe Havens</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Foreign Terrorist Organizations <ul> <li>Middle East and North Africa Groups</li> <li>African Groups</li> <li>Asian Groups</li> <li>Latin American Groups</li> <li>European Groups</li> </ul> </li> <li>Terrorism in America <ul> <li>Radical Muslim-Inspired Terrorism</li> <li>Right-Wing Terrorists and Militias</li> <li>Eco-Terrorism and Animal Rights Groups</li> </ul> </li> <li>Summary</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Defining Transnational Organized Crime</li> <li>Distinguishing Types or Categories of Crime</li> <li>Impact of Transnational Organized Crime</li> <li>Conditions Facilitating Transnational Organized Crime</li> <li>Networking: The Etiology of Transnational Organized Crime Groups <ul> <li>Political Models</li> <li>Economic Models</li> <li>Social Models</li> </ul> </li> <li>How Transnational Crime Is Organized <ul> <li>Standard Hierarchy</li> <li>Regional Hierarchy</li> <li>Clustered Hierarchy</li> <li>Core Group</li> <li>Criminal Network</li> </ul> </li> <li>Transnational Organized Crime Activities <ul> <li>Drug Trafficking</li> <li>Human Trafficking</li> <li>Smuggling of Technology and WMD Materials</li> <li>Arms Trafficking</li> <li>Trafficking in Precious Gems</li> <li>Piracy</li> <li>Non-Drug Contraband Smuggling</li> <li>Counterfeiting</li> <li>Theft</li> <li>Financial Fraud</li> <li>Environmental Crimes</li> </ul> </li> <li>Failed States and Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism</li> <li>Links between Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorist Organizations</li> <li>The Continuum of Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime</li> <li>Incentives for TOC and Terrorist Organizations to Cooperate</li> <li>Summary</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Intelligence and Counterintelligence and Terrorism</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Introduction <ul> <li>Intelligence Failure--What Does It Mean?</li> </ul> </li> <li>Advisory</li> <li>The Director of National Intelligence <ul> <li>National Counterterrorism Center</li> </ul> </li> <li>Conceptual Overview of Homeland Security Intelligence</li> <li>Types of Intelligence Collection Activities <ul> <li>Human Intelligence</li> <li>Signals Intelligence</li> <li>Measures and Signatures Intelligence</li> <li>Imagery Intelligence</li> <li>Open-Source Intelligence</li> </ul> </li> <li>Agencies within the American Intelligence Community <ul> <li>Central Intelligence Agency</li> <li>Defense Intelligence Agency</li> <li>Department of Energy</li> <li>Department of Homeland Security</li> <li>Department of State</li> <li>Department of the Treasury</li> <li>Drug Enforcement Administration</li> <li>Federal Bureau of Investigation</li> <li>National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</li> <li>National Reconnaissance Office</li> <li>National Security Agency</li> <li>Armed Services Intelligence</li> </ul> </li> <li>Intersection of Policy Decisions and Intelligence: The Intelligence Cycle <ul> <li>Joint Special Operations Command Specialized Military Antiterrorism Agencies</li> </ul> </li> <li>Counterintelligence</li> <li>The Globalization of Intelligence <ul> <li>Domestic Industrial Espionage</li> </ul> </li> <li>Summary</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Homeland Security and Weapons of Mass Destruction</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The National Terrorism Advisory System: Warning the American People</li> <li>Introduction <ul> <li>Defining Weapons of Mass Destruction</li> <li>National Terrorism Advisory System</li> </ul> </li> <li>History of the Deployment of WMDs <ul> <li>Historical Precedents for Biological WMDs</li> <li>Historical Precedents for Chemical WMDs</li> </ul> </li> <li>The Threat of Nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction: Destructiveness, Potential for Use, and Availability</li> <li>Nuclear and Radiological WMDs <ul> <li>Availability of Nuclear Materials</li> <li>Nuclear Bombs or Weapons</li> <li>The Spread of Nuclear Material and Information</li> <li>Smuggling Nuclear Weapons and Materials <ul> <li>Terrorist Attacks Using Dirty Bombs and Attacks on Nuclear Facilities</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Biological Weapons of Mass Destruction <ul> <li>Types of Biological Weapons</li> <li>How Biological Weapons Work</li> <li>Creating Biological Weapons</li> <li>Threat Assessment and Biological Weapons</li> </ul> </li> <li>Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction <ul> <li>Advantages of Chemical Weapons</li> <li>Weaponizing Chemicals</li> </ul> </li> <li>Factors Constraining Terrorists from Using WMDs<

Politics & Government

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MindTapV2.0 for Gaines/Miller's Criminal Justice in Action, 1 term Printed Access Card

Miller, Roger

Cengage Learning'

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 About the Author 
Larry Gaines serves as chair of his department. A longtime, well-known figure in the field, he is recognized both for his work as an educator and for his contributions to law enforcement.\nRoger LeRoy Miller, Ph.D. has served on the faculty of several universities, including the University of Washington, Clemson University, and the University of Miami School of Law. As a professor, he has taught intellectual property law and entertainment law, among other subjects. A widely published and respected author, his work has appeared in the Insurance Counsel Journal, Defense Research, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review, and Connecticut Law Review. He has authored or co-authored numerous authoritative textbooks on law, including BUSINESS LAW: TEXT & CASES; BUSINESS LAW TODAY: TEXT & SUMMARIZED CASES; and THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY. Professor Miller completed his studies at the University of California at Berkeley and University of Chicago.

Criminal Justice in Action (MindTap Course List)

About the Author 
Larry Gaines serves as chair of his department. A longtime, well-known figure in the field, he is recognized both for his work as an educator and for his contributions to law enforcement.\nRoger LeRoy Miller, Ph.D. has served on the faculty of several universities, including the University of Washington, Clemson University, and the University of Miami School of Law. As a professor, he has taught intellectual property law and entertainment law, among other subjects. A widely published and respected author, his work has appeared in the Insurance Counsel Journal, Defense Research, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review, and Connecticut Law Review. He has authored or co-authored numerous authoritative textbooks on law, including BUSINESS LAW: TEXT & CASES; BUSINESS LAW TODAY: TEXT & SUMMARIZED CASES; and THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY. Professor Miller completed his studies at the University of California at Berkeley and University of Chicago.

Criminal Justice in Action, Loose-leaf Version

The first introduction to criminal justice book developed from the ground up according to professor and student needs. Using feedback from over 100 reviewers and over 400 survey respondents, Gaines/Kaune/Miller have written a book that provides everything the introductory level student needs to know using a framework of up-to-the-minute examples of policy and applications from today's news. Cutting-edge research combined with accessible discussions of theory create a foundation for the student without being overwhelming. With a special focus on careers, the student will not only be able to make informed decisions about issues within the criminal justice system but will also make informed career choices.

Criminal Justice in Action (without Careers in CJ Interactive CD-ROM)

Gaines, Larry K.

Miller, Roger L.

Kaune, Michael

Miller, Roger LeRoy

Wadsworth Publishing

Pages are crisp and clean. There is an Instructor's Copy stamp on the bottom page edge. Binding is tight.

Policing in America

Reference

Anderson Pub. Co.

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Police Administration

Managing and Leading Today's Police: Challenges, Best Practices, Case Studies

Homeland Security

Homeland Security and Terrorism

Homeland Security and Terrorism

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Criminal Justice in Action (MindTap Course List)

Criminal Justice in Action, Loose-leaf Version

Criminal Justice in Action (without Careers in CJ Interactive CD-ROM)

Policing in America