Law Enforcement category: 654 books
A Day in Prison
An Insider's Guide to Life Behind Bars
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
A rare glimpse at twenty-four hours in the life of an inmate—from doing laundry in “the hole” to surviving a fight—by an ex-con and professional prison coach.
No one is prepared for the reality of incarceration. In this fascinating and utterly candid guide, prison coach John “Doc”...
The War on Neighborhoods
Policing, Prison, and Punishment in a Divided City
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
A narrative-driven exploration of policing and the punishment of disadvantage in Chicago, and a new vision for repairing urban neighborhoods
For people of color who live in segregated urban neighborhoods, surviving crime and violence is a generational reality. As violence in cities like New...
Newjack
Guarding Sing Sing
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2010
Acclaimed journalist Ted Conover sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life inside the penal system at Sing Sing.
When Ted Conover’s request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he decided to apply for a...
Our Little Secret
The True Story of a Teenager Killer and the Silence of a Small New England Town
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
The true story of a teenage killer and the silence of a small New England town.
For twenty years Daniel Paquette's murder in New Hampshire went unsolved. It remained a secret between two high school friends until Eric Windhurst's arrest in 2005. What was revealed was a crime born of adolescent...
Lethal Passage
The Story of a Gun
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
This devastating book illuminates America's gun culture -- its manufacturers, dealers, buffs, and propagandists -- but also offers concrete solutions to our national epidemic of death by firearm. It begins with an account of a crime that is by now almost commonplace: on December 16, 1988, sixteen-year-old...
by Diem Burden
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Part three of The Rozzers series of short stories.Having been authorised for solo patrol, rookie police officer PC 424 Burden takes to the streets of Cambridge to learn how to police the streets alone, to arrest crooks and to try and make his mark, often with hilarious and sometimes terrifying results.Curious...
Behind the Badge
The Untold Stories of South Africa's Police Service Members
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Every South African has a strong opinion on crime and policing, but most know very little about the lives and experiences of the average cop in the 185 000-strong South African Police Service. This book is composed of excerpts from interviews with current and former members of the service who, for...
They Can't Kill Us All
Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
LA Times winner for The Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose
A New York Times bestseller
A New York Times Editors' Choice
**A Featured Title in The New York Times Book Review's "Paperback Row"
A Bustle "17 Books About Race Every White Person Should Read"
"Essential...
Justice
Crimes, Trials, and Punishments
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
Dominick Dunne's mesmerizing tales of justice denied and justice affirmed.
For more than two decades, Vanity Fair published Dominick Dunne’s brilliant, revelatory chronicles of the most famous crimes, trials, and punishments of our time. Whether writing of Claus von Bülow’s romp through...
by Michael L. Stark, Capt. John Skipper Ret.
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
The Redondo Beach Police Department dates to May 9, 1892, when Marshall S. Rogers was appointed as the city�s first marshal. One of the first city ordinances prohibited the discharge of firearms within city limits and provided the option for hiring of a deputy �if needed.� He was needed, of course,...
Police, Crime & 999: The True Story of a Front Line Officer
The True Story of a Front Line Officer
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Ever wondered what really happens behind the scenes in the police? What bizarre 999 calls are made to the emergency services? Why can wearing two pairs of socks make you a suspect? What is the link between police and vampires? Which Royal arrest never made news headlines? What covert sign do officers...
Crossing the Line
Losing Your Mind as an Undercover Cop
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
As he rose through the ranks of various departments of the Metropolitan Police, Christian Plowman dreamt of being an undercover cop. When he finally achieved his ambition, becoming one an elite group of officers, the reality of covert work turned his life into a nightmare.
To catch criminals,...
Dynamite
A Concise History of the NYPD Bomb Squad
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Includes extensive FREE excerpt of Bomb Squad NYC Incident 1!
Although it correctly calls itself “concise,” DYNAMITE is in fact the most comprehensive history ever written about the oldest, busiest and most sophisticated bomb squad in the world. For more than 100 years, NYPD bomb techs...
Call in Pinkerton's
American Detectives at Work for Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
Soon after Allan Pinkerton established his legendary detective agency in the United States, Canadians began seeking their services. Call in Pinkerton’s is the history of the agency’s work on behalf of Canadian governments and police forces.
During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth...