Opium: Uncovering The Politics Of The Poppy

by Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy

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Known to the Greeks as opos or opion, as afiun in Persian and Arabic, and fuyung in Chinese, opium is at once a palliative and a poison. Its exotic origins, its literary associations, and the properties that are, often erroneously, attributed to it have ensured an ongoing air of mystery.Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy reveals the long and fascinating history of a powerful and addictive drug and explores the
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Understanding Peacekeeping

by Williams and Bellamy

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Peace operations are now a principal tool for managing armed conflict and building world peace. The fully revised, expanded and updated second edition of Understanding Peacekeeping provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the theory, practice and politics of contemporary peace operations. Drawing on more than twenty-five historical and contemporary case studies, this book evaluates
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Critical Thinking Skills For Law Enforcement Exams

by Learningexpress Editors

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Critical Thinking for Law Enforcement Exams provides law enforcement candidates the vital problem-solving skills they need to ace various exams including the Police Officer Exam, Border Patrol Exam, State Police Exam, and Probation/Parole Officer Exam. This book sharpens the logical reasoning and deductive skills needed on multiple-choice questions. With this title, you will solve problems logical
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Math For Law Enforcement Exams

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Introduction To Law Enforcement

by David Thomas

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Professionalism in Policing: An Introduction will provide police recruits and criminal justice students with a good understanding of the police officer's role in American society today. This accessible book will give readers insight into the real world of policing by addressing such topics as racial profiling, police brutality, education, police socialization and leadership. Professionalism in Pol
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How To Pass The Police Selection System: Practise For The Psychometric Tests And Succeed At The Assessment Centres

by Tolley and Harry Et Al Tolley

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Many would-be entrants to the police service are unsuccessful because at some point in the assessment system they fail to demonstrate their full potential. Failure may be the result of a variety of factors such as: stress and anxiety; being unable to cope with the psychometric tests; having to perform in front of other people while being observed and evaluated. If you are applying to join a poli
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Blackstone's Student Police Officer Handbook 2010

by Bryant and Bryn Caless

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The fourth edition of Blackstone's Student Police Officer Handbook is a key text for student police officers undergoing their initial police training and provides all the underpinning subject matter and skills development materials required for the Initial Police Learning and Development Programme (IPLDP). It provides the knowledge and understanding necessary for a student officer to undertake ind
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Race, Ethnicity, And Policing: New And Essential Readings

by Michael White and Stephen Rice

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From Rodney King and “driving while black” to claims of targeting of undocumented Latino immigrants, relationships surrounding race, ethnicity, and the police have faced great challenge.Race, Ethnicity, and Policingincludes both classic pieces and original essays that provide the reader with a comprehensive, even-handed sense of the theoretical underpinnings, methodological challenges,
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Governance And Policing Of Security: Ironies, Myths And Paradoxes

by Hoogenboom , Punch and Bob Hoogenboom

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This book explores policing, regulation, private security and intelligence to understand current transformations in policing.nbsp;Policingnbsp;today can no longer be understood only in terms of an organization (the police), but more and more in terms of multi-agency processes. This could be functional for national security interests, safety and security but detrimental to accountability and the de
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Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher: Or The Murder At Road Hill House

by Kate Summerscale

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It is midnight on 30th June 1860 and all is quiet in the Kent family's elegant house in Road, Wiltshire. The next morning, however, they wake to find that their youngest son has been the victim of an unimaginably gruesome murder. Even worse, the guilty party is surely one of their number - the house was bolted from the inside. As Jack Whicher, the most celebrated detective of his day, arrives at R
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Blackstone's Pcso Handbook

by Bryn Caless

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This new edition of the successful Blackstone's PCSO Handbook provides up-to- date and comprehensive coverage of the role and functions of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). PCSOs support regular police officers and work within a targeted patrol area to provide a visible and accessible uniformed presence. They work with partners and community organizations to address anti-social behaviour,
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History In Blue: 160 Years Of Women Police, Sheriffs, Detectives, And State Troopers

by Allan T. Duffin

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In 1893, Chicago’s mayor gave Marie Owens the title of “patrolman,” even though she had no authority to walk a beat. She did “women’s work” and was a patrolman in name only. Throughout her 30 years of service, she was never allowed to wear a uniform. It would take nearly a century for women to be able to join the police ranks as full-fledged officers. Even today
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Politics Of Cocaine: How U. S. Foreign Policy Has Created A Thriving Drug Industry In Central And South America

by WILLIAM L. Marcy and WILLIAM L., PH.D Marcy

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Drawing on declassified documents and painstaking research, this exploration of the economic drug trade of Central and South America fills in historical gaps and provides a new and controversial analysis of a complex and seemingly unsolvable problem. Viewing the problem through the lens of United States policy, the author puts forth the theory that, through the conflation of the Cold War and the w
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To Hell On A Fast Horse: Billy The Kid, Pat Garrett, And The Epic Chase To Justice In The Old West

by Mark L. Gardner

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A sheriff . . .An outlaw . . .A legendary showdown.Billy the Kid-a.k.a. Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, and William Bonney-was a horse thief, cattle rustler, charismatic rogue, and cold-blooded killer. A superb shot, the Kid gunned down four men single-handedly and five others with the help of cronies. Two of his victims were Lincoln County, New Mexico, deputies killed during the Kid's brazen dayligh
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How The Obama Administration Has Politicized Justice

by Andrew C. Mccarthy

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With the Obama Justice Department under Attorney General Eric Holder’s direction, Americans are learning what really happens when law-enforcement power is co-opted by politics. In this eye-popping Broadside, Andrew C. McCarthy shows that the biggest beneficiaries have been jihadists. For the past eight years, a group of lawyers volunteered their services to America’s enemies. Now, the
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Shadow Masters: An International Network Of Governments And Secret-Service Agencies Working Together With Drugs Dealers And Terr

by Daniel Estulin

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This investigation examines how behind-the-scenes collaboration between government, intelligence services, and drug traffickers has lined the pockets of big business and Western banks. Among the examples cited are the cozy relationship between Victor Bout, the largest weaponry dealer in the world, and George Bush’s administration; the NGOs who are plundering Darfur with the help of big multi
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Understanding Peacekeeping

by Griffin , Alex J. Bellamy, Bellamy and others

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Peace operations are now a principal tool for managing armed conflict and building world peace. The fully revised, expanded and updated second edition of Understanding Peacekeeping provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the theory, practice and politics of contemporary peace operations. Drawing on more than twenty-five historical and contemporary case studies, this book evaluates
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California Highway Patrol Officer Exam, Third Edition

by Learningexpress Staff

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The ultimate resource for passing the California Highway Patrol Exam. In it's 3rd edition now, the previous editions have sold over 15,000 copies. This book provides an overview of what being a trooper in California is all about. It discusses the specific duties and responsibilities of the job, the day to day experience, the pay scale, career advancement within the job, skills needed to become a t
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Supervising Police Personnel: The Fifteen Responsibilities

by Paul M. Whisenand

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For courses in Police Supervision.Using an interactive, three-part structure, this book covers all the latest supervisory concepts and practicesndash;and emphasizes character, values and strengths-based leadership throughout. Organized around 15 core responsibilities, it tackles issues such as ethics, communications, training, evaluations, empowerment and problem-oriented policingndash; uniquely c
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Tall Man: Death And Life On Palm Island

by Chloe Hooper

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When Cameron Doomadgee, a 36-year-old member of the Aboriginal community of Palm Island, was arrested for swearing at a white police officer, he was dead within forty-five minutes of being locked up. The police claimed he
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