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Guardians of justice volume 1
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U.S. Marshal Jake Taylor has seen plenty of action during his years in law enforcement. But he'd rather go back to Iraq than face his next assignment: protection detail for federal judge Liz Michaels. His feelings toward Liz haven't warmed in the five years since she lost her husband--and Jake's best friend--to possible suicide. How can Jake be expected to care for the coldhearted workaholic who drove his friend to despair? As the danger mounts and...
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A persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers
"One of the world's most prominent advocates, organizers and political educators of the [abolitionist] framework." -NBCNews.com on Mariame Kaba
In this powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail why policing doesn't stop violence, instead perpetuating widespread harm; outline the many failures of...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841—1935) is generally considered one of the two greatest justices of the United States Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Marshall being the other. In more than 2000 opinions, he delineated an impressive legal philosophy that profoundly influenced American jurisprudence, particularly in the area of civil liberties and judicial restraint. At the same time, his abilities as a prose stylist earned him a position among the...
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"This emotional journey...is filled with drama, laughter and tears and squeezes the heart. It should be on every bedside table in the country!" —#1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr
Don't miss this deliciously romantic read from New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins!
Millie Barnes is this close to finally achieving her perfect life...
Rewarding job as a local doctor on Cape
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America has become increasingly divided and polarized in recent years. With growing racial tension, animosity toward law enforcement professionals, government corruption, and disregard for the constitutional process, there seems to be no easy answer in sight. But Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke knows where we must begin: we must stop blaming others; look at our problems with open eyes; take ownership of our family, community, and country; and...
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This book examines if there is a difference in the percentage of cyberbullying between Republican and Democrat states and if there is a relationship between being cyberbullied and having suicidal thoughts. Chapter 1 describes cyberbullying and related problems, the theoretical framework, the significance of the study, the research design, the research questions, the study's assumptions and limitations and expected findings. Chapter 2 presents a literature...
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The study analyses the police’s role in society, about its bad name and looks into the history of the institution, dating back to the ancient period, and is presented with research oriented approach and logical treatment achieving a totality. A valuable literature on police and an essential reading for all police personnel's, bureaucrats, scholars and journalists.
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Legendary FBI undercover agent Thomas McShane is one of the world's foremost authorities on the billion-dollar art theft business, and here he presents a unique memoir that provides a thrilling ride through the underworld of stolen art and historical artifacts. His expertise and indefatigable determination prompted FBI Director William H. Webster to name McShane as the Senior Investigator of the FBI's expanding Art Squad.
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Forty-one seconds.
That's how long Officer Scott Smith and Franklyn Reid knew each other before Reid ended up dead with a bullet in his back, shot in broad daylight by Smith.
Turn on the news today and you'll likely see a story just like this one. Details might differ, but we're always left with the same question:
How can we reduce-and eventually eliminate-unwarranted police civilian shootings?
In 1998, Wayne Reid's life was changed forever when...
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D'o vient l'idée d'abolir la police et que recouvre-t-elle au juste? Si la police ne nous protège pas, à quoi sert-elle? Comment dépasser la simple critique de la police pour enfin en finir avec elle?
1312 raisons d'abolir la police tente de répondre à ces questions, et propose de riches réflexions critiques sur les liens entre l'abolitionnisme pénal et la race, le handicap ou le travail sexuel notamment. L'ouvrage porte également sur les...
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Quality interrogation is an essential ingredient of any investigation. Unfortunately, it also happens to be the most neglected aspect of any investigating process owing to certain extraneous considerations. Firstly, the Interrogator himself is a tearing hurry to claim the kudos for the speedy results. Equally responsible is the media, both print and visual who it appears, at times, suffer from the "breaking news syndrome". Public too could be blamed,...
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This book sets out the history of "The American Experiment" in self-government focusing on its original legal documents, The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution. It discusses how and why such a 'Total Heresy' as self-government ever arose and has survived for nearly 250 years. One focus is on the original genius of the 'Separation of Powers' that has become so muddled since the Framers created the Constitution. The horror of the World...
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Justice VR Krishna Iyer, over 93, in his book, has highlighted empirical and path breaking judicial, legislative, executive, humanitarian, electoral and various humane episodes. In this book, his campaign for administrative, judicial, police and penal reforms encountered no rejoinder. His anger against crorepatis and criminal parliamentarians is open challenge for public reaction. His limited stay in Indira Gandhi case judgment is historic.
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Can you believe this? The suspect is a DEA agent? He went ballistic and murdered his ex-girlfriend in front of her family? Want to hear the best part? The victim's boyfriend was hiding in the closet and saw the whole thing. My hands grew clammy and I thought I was going to throw up the dinner I had just eaten prior to getting this call. That was the night I was assigned to work a special detail with the homicide detectives to help search for a murder...
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Across the country minority communities feel under attack by police officers. The Politics of Crisis explores how to change public policy decisions to reform the role of law enforcement. Centered around the harrowing events of the Freddie Gray riots that gripped Baltimore in 2015, The Politics of Crisis is a powerful examination of how everything can go wrong when police no longer serve their communities.
Eric Kowalczyk, Director of Media Relations...
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The story of how a young Wyatt Earp and his brothers defeated the Old West's biggest outlaw gang, by the New York Times–bestselling author of Texas Ranger.
Wyatt Earp is regarded as the most famous lawman of the Old West, best known for his role in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. But the story of his two-year war with a band of outlaws known as the Cowboys has never been told in full.
The Cowboys were the largest outlaw...
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A local legend gone haywire. A small-town cop. An impossible eyewitness testimony. Which is easier to believe--that killer mermaids exist, or that one person is worth risking everything for? For fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Into the Drowning Deep comes a chilling horror story steeped in urban rumor.
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A retired Texas lawman shares stories of serial killers, labor strikes, and more, in this sequel to the runaway bestselling memoir One Ranger.
No Texas Ranger memoir has captured the public's imagination like Joaquin Jackson's One Ranger. Readers thrilled to Jackson's stories of catching criminals and keeping the peace across a wide swath of the Texas-Mexico border and clamored for more. Now in One Ranger Returns, Jackson reopens his case files to...
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Nothing can slow down this investigator from pursuing justice-except a beautiful witness on the run, in this reader-favorite story from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster!
When Detective Logan Riske goes undercover to find Pepper Yates, a potential link to his best friend's unsolved murder, he vows to gain her cooperation by any means necessary. But the elusive beauty is more suspicious-and in far more danger-than he expected. And the...
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In his effort of further stressing the need for today's law enforcement, the author of Rocks and Bottles has continued in the same vein by writing Always Remembered, Never Forgotten. It is a compilation of situations that he and other officers faced while working in law enforcement over a period of thirty years. When reading each of the incidents, it is hoped that you, the reader, will better appreciate the responsibilities shouldered by the men and...
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