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Organizing the Presidency by Stephen Hess
RRP: £19.99£17.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815736370Author Stephen HessFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm)... -
The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy by Jessica Pishko 9780593471319
RRP: £32.00£19.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593471319Author Jessica PishkoFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint DuttonPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 725g -
The Art of Investigative Interviewing by Inge Sebyan Black
RRP: £62.99£56.18The Art of Investigative Interviewing, Fourth Edition, builds on the successes of the previous editions providing the reader guidance on conducting investigative interviews, both ethically and professionally. The book can be used by anyone who is... -
Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World by Bruce Schneier 9780387026206
RRP: £39.99£30.98Many of us, especially since 9/11, have become personally concerned about issues of security, and this is no surprise. Security is near the top of government and corporate agendas around the globe. Security-related stories appear on the front page... -
The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America by Philip K Howard 9780812982749
RRP: £20.00£13.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812982749Author Philip K. HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)... -
Policing Sexuality: The Mann Act and the Making of the FBI by Jessica R. Pliley 9780674368118
RRP: £35.95£35.76America's first anti-sex trafficking law, the 1910 Mann Act, made it illegal to transport women over state lines for prostitution "or any other immoral purpose." It was meant to protect women and girls from being seduced or sold into sexual slavery. But,... -
The Transformation of American Law 1870-1960: The Crisis of Legal Orthodoxy by Morton J. Horwitz 9780195092592
RRP: £27.49£18.49When the first volume of Morton Horwitz's monumental history of American law appeared in 1977, it was universally acclaimed as one of the most significant works ever published in American legal history. The New Republic called it an "extremely... -
H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil by Adam Selzer
RRP: £14.99£11.73First time in paperback The first biography of the serial killer featured in Devil in the White CityReviews"Adam Selzer's masterful sleuthing, proves to us, `the Devil IS in the details." Impeccably researched, the author has wiped away the... -
No More Police: A Case for Abolition by Mariame Kaba 9781620977323
£12.95An instant national best sellerA 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... -
The Secrets Of The Fbi by Ronald Kessler 9780307719706
RRP: £15.99£9.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307719706Author Ronald KesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher... -
Drug Law Enforcement, Policing and Harm Reduction: Ending the Stalemate by Matthew Bacon
RRP: £35.99£31.69The policing of drugs is an intriguing, complex, and contentious domain that brings into sharp focus the multifaceted nature of the police role and has farreaching consequences for health, crime, and justice. While research on drugs policing has... -
The Policing Machine: Enforcement, Endorsements, and the Illusion of Public Input by Tony Cheng 9780226830650
RRP: £16.00£15.77A revelatory look at how the NYPD has resisted change through strategic and selective community engagement. The past few years have seen Americans express passionate demands for police transformation. But even as discussion of no-knock warrants,... -
Policing Gun Violence: Strategic Reforms for Controlling Our Most Pressing Crime Problem by Anthony A Braga
RRP: £24.49£20.78In many U.S. cities, gun violence is the most urgent crime problem. High rates of deadly violence make a city less livable, dragging down quality of life, economic development, and property values. The police are the primary agency tasked with... -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating by Steven Kerry Brown 9781615642502
RRP: £23.99£14.84This book helps you discover how a professional private investigator uncovers the facts and gets to the truth If you're looking to gain investigative skills or are simply curious about the mystique of private investigation, then The Complete Idiot's... -
The Disrupt, Discredit, And Divide: How the New FBI Damages Our Democracy by Mike German
RRP: £19.99£13.96Impressively researched and eloquently argued, former special agent Mike German's The Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide tells the story of the transformation of the bureau after the 9/11 attacks from a law enforcement agency into arguably the most secretive... -
Introduction to Policing Research: Taking Lessons from Practice Denise Martin 9781032232515
RRP: £36.99£32.93This book offers a first-hand insight into the work of policing scholars and the research that they undertake. Bringing together a range of leading scholars and drawing on a range of pressing topics, it introduces the diverse nature of policing research,... -
Police Reform: Forces for Change by Steve Savage 9780199218639
RRP: £39.99£39.81This book focuses on the very topical subject of police reform in the UK. Currently, the police service is undergoing a time of significant change and reform as a result of the 'modernisation' agenda. Planned force re-structuring, the performance... -
The Fall of the FBI: How a Once Great Agency Became a Threat to Democracy by Thomas J Baker 9781637586242
RRP: £30.00£18.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637586242Author Thomas J BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Bombardier BooksPublisher Bombardier BooksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 221mm *... -
Laws Stories: Narrative and Rhetoric in the Law by Peter Brooks 9780300074901
£27.41The law is full of stories, ranging from the competing narratives presented at trials to the Olympian historical narratives set forth in Supreme Court opinions. How those stories are told and listened to makes a crucial difference to those whose lives... -
Aggression, Crime and International Security: Moral, Political and Legal Dimensions of International Relations by Page Wilson
RRP: £32.99£29.16Aggression, Crime and International Security examines the concept of aggression in international relations and how it has been dealt with by international law and collective security organisations.This book analyses the evolution of the concept of... -
State Violence, Collusion and the Troubles: Counter Insurgency, Government Deviance and Northern Ireland by Maurice Punch 9780745331478
£30.33The period in Northern Ireland known as 'the Troubles' (1968-98) seemed to have been conclusively ended by the official peace process. But recent violence from dissident Republicans shows that tensions from the past remain unresolved. State Violence,... -
The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement by Matthew Horace 9780316440097
RRP: £13.99£10.24Longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for NonfictionMatthew Horace was an officer at the federal, state, and local level for 28 years working in every state in the country. Yet it was after seven years of service when Horace found himself... -
Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change by Ben Austen 9781250758804
RRP: £25.00£17.32The United States, a single country, locks up a quarter of the world's incarcerated population. More than 850,000 Americans are currently on parole. Yet the parole system is opaque, a confounding process riddled with inequities. Few understand parole as... -
American Sheriff: Rules to Live By by Mark Lamb 9781957255101
RRP: £18.70£15.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957255101Author Mark LambFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Bcg PublishingPublisher Bcg PublishingWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 8mm -
Screening the Police: Film and Law Enforcement in the United States by Noah Tsika
RRP: £28.49£27.82American police departments have presided over the business of motion pictures since the end of the nineteenth century. Their influence is evident not only on the screen but also in the ways movies are made, promoted, and viewed in the United States... -
The Least Dangerous Branch: The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics by Alexander M. Bickel
RRP: £28.00£27.39This classic book on the role of the Supreme Court in our democracy traces the history of the Court, assessing the merits of various decisions along the way. Eminent law professor Alexander Bickel begins with Marbury vs. Madison, which he says gives... -
Defenseless Under the Night: The Roosevelt Years and the Origins of Homeland Security by Matthew Dallek
RRP: £24.99£22.35As the bombs fell on Guernica, the Blitz terrorized Britons, and atrocities were reported from Nanking-even before Pearl Harbor--Americans watched and worried about attacks on their homeland. In 1941, US mayors urged President Franklin D. Roosevelt to... -
Police Brutality: An Anthology by Jill Nelson 9780393321630
RRP: £18.50£15.30Ignited by the infamous shooting of Amadou Diallo, unarmed and innocent, at the hands of New York City police officers, journalist Jill Nelson was moved to assemble this landmark anthology on the topic of police violence and brutality: an indispensable... -
The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? by Gerald N. Rosenberg
RRP: £23.00£22.53In follow-up studies, dozens of reviews, and even a book of essays evaluating his conclusions, Gerald N. Rosenberg's critics - not to mention his supporters - have spent nearly two decades debating the arguments he first put forward in "The Hollow Hope"... -
The Algorithmic Society: Technology, Power, and Knowledge by Marc Schuilenburg 9780367682651
RRP: £39.99£35.06We live in an algorithmic society. Algorithms have become the main mediator through which power is enacted in our society. This book brings together three academic fields - Public Administration, Criminal Justice and Urban Governance - into a single... -
The Metropolitan Police and the British Film Industry, 1919-1956: Public Relations, Collaboration and Control by Alex Rock 9781350295087
£97.13This groundbreaking book investigates the murky relationship between the Metropolitan Police Press Bureau and the British film industry, shedding new light on police-media relations. Beginning with the culture of suppression during the interwar period,... -
Unlocking Secrets: How to Get People to Tell You Everything by Dr David Craig 9781510730779
RRP: £14.99£8.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510730779Author Dr David CraigFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)... -
Law, Society, and Economy: Centenary Essays for the London School of Economics and Political Science 1895-1995 by Richard Rawlings 9780198262282
RRP: £107.50£104.67This centenary volume of essays explores a number of related themes which differentiate and characterize the approach of the LSE. Central to this, is the assumption that law is one of the social sciences and that law should be studied "in... -
Handcuffed: What Holds Policing Back, and the Keys to Reform by Malcolm K. Sparrow
RRP: £19.99£17.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815727811Author Malcolm K. SparrowFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)... -
Can We Be Safe?: The Future of Policing in South Africa by Ziyanda Stuurman 9780624091844
RRP: £14.99£12.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780624091844Author Ziyanda StuurmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Tafelberg Publishers LtdPublisher Tafelberg Publishers LtdWeight(grams)... -
Disassembling Police Culture Mike Rowe (University of Liverpool, UK) 9781032022543
RRP: £125.00£107.86Drawing on six years of ethnographic research, this book critically examines police culture, exploring police behaviours, decisionmaking and actions. Police culture is a concept widely used, often critically, to characterise the working attitudes and... -
Command and Persuade: Crime, Law, and the State across History by Peter Baldwin
RRP: £32.00£18.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262045629Author Peter BaldwinFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Law in Policing: Legal Regulation and Police Practices by David Dixon 9780198264767
£113.83The book poses the questions: how do law and policing relate; and can police practices be significantly changed by means of legal regulation? In examining these questions, this book deals with issues which are at the heart of contemporary debates about... -
The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan by Ronald Reagan
RRP: £35.99£23.66With twenty-eight speeches spanning the Reagan era, The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan provides readers with a direct source into President Reagan's profound belief in God, freedom, individualism, limited government, and his great love for his... -
To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police by Norm Stamper
£26.78The police in America belong to the people,not the other way around. Yet millions of Americans experience their cops as racist, brutal, and trigger-happy: an overly aggressive, militarized enemy of the people. For their part, today's officers feel they...