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  1. Understanding the Modern Russian Police

    By Olga B. Semukhina, Kenneth Michael Reynolds

    Understanding the Modern Russian Police represents the culmination of ten years of research and an ongoing partnership between the Volgograd Academy of Russian Internal Affairs Ministry (VA MVD) and the Volgograd branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public...

    Published May 23rd 2013 by CRC Press

  2. Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems

    Policing, Judiciary, and Corrections, Third Edition

    Edited by Obi N. I. Ebbe

    Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems: Policing, Judiciary, and Corrections, Third Edition examines the history, dynamics, structure, organization, and processes in the criminal justice systems in a number of selected countries. Designed for courses in comparative criminal justice...

    Published May 12th 2013 by CRC Press

  3. Investigating Computer-Related Crime, Second Edition

    By Peter Stephenson, Keith Gilbert

    Since the last edition of this book was written more than a decade ago, cybercrime has evolved. Motives have not changed, but new means and opportunities have arisen with the advancement of the digital age. Investigating Computer-Related Crime: Second Edition incorporates the results of research...

    Published April 18th 2013 by CRC Press

  4. Security Governance, Policing, and Local Capacity

    By Jan Froestad, Clifford Shearing

    Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

    The security governance of South Africa has faced immense challenges amid post-apartheid constitutional and political transformations. In many cases, policing and governmental organizations have failed to provide security and other services to the poorest inhabitants. Security Governance, Policing,...

    Published December 12th 2012 by CRC Press

  5. Stop and Search

    Police Power in Global Context

    Edited by Leanne Weber, Ben Bowling

    Police powers to stop, question and search people in public places, and the way these powers are exercised, is a contentious aspect of police-community relations, and a key issue for criminological and policing scholarship, and for public debate about liberty and security more generally. Whilst...

    Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Banking Secrecy and Offshore Financial Centers

    Money laundering and offshore banking

    By Mary Alice Young

    Series: Routledge Research in Finance and Banking Law

    This book brings together the issues surrounding banking secrecy and confiscation of criminal proceeds. The book examines the existing legal agreements at the international, regional and national levels and their interaction in the substantive areas of confiscation, anti-money laundering and...

    Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge

  7. Criminal Law and Policy in the European Union

    By Samuli Miettinen

    Series: Routledge Research in European Union Law

    This book takes stock of the development of EU criminal law from the establishment of the ECSC to the first European Union criminal law directives passed after the Lisbon Treaty. The work considers criminal offences established at EU level, the effects of EU law on national criminalization, the...

    Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge

  8. Racial Profiling

    They Stopped Me Because I'm ------------!

    By Michael L. Birzer

    Many racial minority communities claim profiling occurs frequently in their neighborhoods. Police authorities, for the most part, deny that they engage in racially biased police tactics. A handful of books have been published on the topic, but they tend to offer only anecdotal reports offering...

    Published November 13th 2012 by CRC Press

  9. Protection, Security, and Safeguards

    Practical Approaches and Perspectives, Second Edition

    Edited by Dale L. June

    Much has changed on the security landscape since the last edition of this book was published in 2000. Today’s security personnel face greater demands than ever before and are expected to be more highly trained and educated. Updated to reflect the heightened security climate of the current age,...

    Published October 4th 2012 by CRC Press

  10. Police Performance Appraisals

    A Comparative Perspective

    By Serdar Kenan Gul, Paul O'Connell

    Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

    Police performance appraisal is one of the most important components of law enforcement management—affecting the quality of the services a department delivers as well as the satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, it is crucial that the performance appraisal process is conducted in an effective...

    Published September 23rd 2012 by CRC Press