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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798574303321

Autore

Philpott Don

Titolo

Critical government documents on law and order / / Don Philpott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Bernan Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-59888-784-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Critical Documents Series ; ; 3

Disciplina

364.068

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of

Rule of law

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Critical Government Documents On Law And Order ; Contents ; INTRODUCTION ; FIVE PRINCIPLES OF "SMART ON CRIME"; THE PRESIDENT'S TASK FORCE ON 21ST CENTURY POLICING; SERIOUS CRIMES; VIOLENT CRIME; Data Collection; Overview ; Murder; Rape; Robbery; Aggravated Assault; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE ; Preventing Workplace Violence; Forms of Violence Among Co-workers; Other Forms of Workplace Violence; Recognizing the Levels of Violence and Response; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; Domestic Violence and the Workplace; BULLYING ; Scope of the Problem; Laws Against Bullying; Types of Bullying Programs; PROPERTY CRIME

OverviewBurglary ; Larceny-Theft; Motor Vehicle Theft; Arson; CLEARANCES; Overview; Cleared by arrest; Cleared by exceptional means; Clearances involving only persons under 18 years of age; HATE CRIMES; Dealing with a Heritage of Hatred; "Bleeding Kansas" and the Ku Klux Klan; The KKK's Rebirth; Victims Fight Back; GANGS; KEY FINDINGS; DEFINITIONS; Street Gangs (neighborhood-based and national street gangs); Prison Gangs; Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMGs); OUTLOOK ; Street Gangs; Prison Gangs; Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs; Gangs, Drug Trafficking Organizations, and Organized Crime Syndicates

GANGS AND FINANCIAL CRIMESGang Members' Employment in



Government Institutions; LAW ENFORCEMENT, CORRECTIONS, JUDICIARY AND COURTS; GANGS, WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES; ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; RACE, TRUST, AND POLICE LEGITIMACY; Racial Profiling and Traffic Stops; POLICE INTEGRITY; Management and Culture Affect Integrity; How to Improve Integrity; PRINCIPLES FOR PROMOTING POLICE INTEGRITY; SURVEILLANCE AND CLOSED CIRCUIT TV; Body-Worn Cameras; SEX OFFENSES; Abuse Via Technology; Grooming; CYBER CRIME; Cyber Task Forces; THE THREATS; Internet Fraud

Cyber Incident Preparedness ChecklistGUNS AND THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS; Stand Your Ground; CIVIL DISORDER AND TERRORISM; Police militarization; The Future; Home Grown; Militant Activists; SOLUTIONS-COMMUNITY POLICING; NOTES ; GLOSSARY

Sommario/riassunto

Critical Government Documents on Law and Order reviews of many law and order issues facing us today. The book does not offer any new science not attempt to take sides. It is, however, an attempt to gather together information from as many sources as possible so that you, the reader, don't have to. It presents arguments for and against the issues covered so that you can come to your own conclusions. Areas covered include the threat from domestic and international terrorism and the growth of extremist militias, the increase in school place and workplace violence, relationships between police and