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Enemies: A History of the FBI by Tim Weiner Publisher Comments Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. We think of the FBI as America’s police... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover 
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Among the Thugs by Bill Buford Publisher Comments They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Small Talk : Contemporary Interviewing and Interrogation (07 Edition) by Denise Kindschi Gosselin Publisher Comments Every profession has specific philosophies and approaches to effective communication; "Smart Talk: Contemporary Interviewing and Interrogation", First Edition, was designed to pinpoint those most useful to the criminal justice profession. "Smart Talk... (read more) List Price $70.40 Your price: $53.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Collapse of American Criminal Justice by William J. Stuntz Publisher Comments The rule of law has vanished in America’s criminal justice system. Prosecutors now decide whom to punish and how severely. Almost no one accused of a crime will ever face a jury. Inconsistent policing, rampant plea bargaining, overcrowded... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Are Prisons Obsolete? (Seven Stories' Open Media Book) by Angela Y. Davis Publisher Comments With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President by Vincent Bugliosi Publisher Comments Instead of being impartial arbiters of the law, the five conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices knowingly, blatantly, gave the Presidency of the United States to their man, George W. Bush. Bugliosi sets out the arguments, citing chapter and verse, on... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb Publisher Comments Dark Alliance is a book that should be fiction, whose characters seem to come straight out of central casting: the international drug lord, Norwin Meneses; the Contra cocaine broker with an MBA in marketing, Danilo Blandon; and the illiterate teenager... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr Publisher Comments In this true story of an epic courtroom showdown, two of the nation's largest corporations stand accused of causing the deaths of children. Representing the bereaved parents, the unlikeliest of heroes emerges: a young, flamboyant, Porsche-driving lawyer... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Agents of Repression the Fbis Secret 2ND Edition by Ward Churchill Publisher Comments For those wondering how Bill Clinton could pardon white-collar fugitive Marc Rich but not Native American leader Leonard Peltier, important clues can be found in this classic study of the FBI's COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program). Agents of... (read more) Your price: $27.25 New - Trade Paper
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Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America (08 Edition) by Kristian Williams Publisher Comments "Should become mandatory reading for all police academy students."-Damon Woodcock (Ret.), Portland, Oregon, Police Bureau "A well-researched, historically grounded, and mordant critique of American policing past and present."-Christian Parenti Even... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Community Policing: Partnerships for Problem Solving (6TH 10 Edition) by Linda S. Miller Publisher Comments Applied and approachable! With Miller and Hess's community policing text, you'll learn the basics of today's policing environment, while focusing on the essential elements of success: problem solving, community/police collaboration, and partnerships... (read more) List Price $161.95 Your price: $120.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating (Complete Idiot's Guides) by Steven Kerry Brown Publisher Comments The gumshoe go-to?revised and updated. Easy-to-use and fantastically inclusive, this is the book on private investigation, whether you want to establish yourself as a professional or just use some of the tools of a P.I. for your own business. You?ll get... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Terrorist Suicide Bombings: Attack Interdiction, Mitigation, and Response by Mordecai Dzikansky Publisher Comments Urban environments are prime targets for suicide bombings over the next decade. While the threat may be ever-present, measures are available that can empower law enforcement personnel to thwart attacks, or at least mitigate the effects by reducing... (read more) Your price: $93.50 New - Hardcover
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Combating Jihadism: American Hegemony and Interstate Cooperation in the War on Terrorism by Barak Mendelsohn Publisher Comments Although terrorism is an age-old phenomenon, jihadi ideology is distinctive in its ambition to abandon the principle of state sovereignty, overthrow the modern state system, and replace it with an extremely radical interpretation of an Islamic world... (read more) Your price: $33.95 New - Trade Paper
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Dying To Live: a Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid (08 Edition) by Joseph Nevins Publisher Comments Praise for A Not-So-Distant Horror: “[A] remarkable book.”—Noam Chomsky Told through the life story of a young man who perished in the California desert, Dying to Live is a compelling account of US immigration/border enforcement and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The First War on Terrorism: Counter-Terrorism Policy During the Reagan Administration by David C. Wills Publisher Comments The First War on Terrorism examines the response of the Reagan Administration to the political violence it confronted during the 1980s. David C. Wills takes the reader inside the negotiations over how to respond to terrorist acts and shows how the Reagan... (read more) Your price: $44.50 New - Trade Paper
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Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation by David E. Zulawski and Douglas E. Wicklander Publisher Comments What makes a person confess to a crime he did not commit? Was he coerced? Is he trying to protect someone else? Interrogation has come under attack as opponents focus on false confessions. However, most cases are still resolved by confession, not... (read more) List Price $99.95 Your price: $75.50 Used - Hardcover
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Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Romeo Dallaire Publisher Comments For the first time in the United States comes the tragic and profoundly important story of the legendary Canadian general who "watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect." When... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Police Field Operations (7TH 07 Edition) by Thomas F. Adams Publisher Comments The industry standard for 21st-century policing, "Police Field Operations" is written from the perspective of a working police officer, presenting real-life scenarios an officer is likely to encounter while on-duty. With its focus on community policing,... (read more) List Price $128.50 Your price: $94.00 Used - Hardcover
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With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful by Glenn Greenwald Publisher Comments "The most important voice to have entered the political discourse in years."---Bill MoyersThe founding principle of the United States was that the rule of law would be the great equalizer in American life, the guarantor of a common set of rules for all... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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