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October is National Crime Prevention MonthDuring Crime Prevention Month, individuals can commit to working on at least one of three levels—family, neighborhood or community—to drive violence and drugs from our world. It is also a time to honor individuals who have accepted personal responsibility for their neighborhoods and groups who work for the community’s common good. The following publications, focusing on law enforcement, are available for sale through the United States Government Printing Office.
Publisher: Justice Dept., Federal Bureau of Investigation Description: This coffee-table history of the FBI celebrates the agency's 100th anniversary. The book traces the FBI's journey from fledgling startup to one of the most respected and recognized names in national security. It takes you on a walk through the seven key chapters in FBI history: the early formative period; the gangster-driven crime wave of the 1920s and 30s; the anxious age of World War II and the Cold War; the turbulent 60s and its burgeoning civil rights movement; the systemic corruption of the Watergate years; the rise of global terror and crime; and the post 9/11 era. The book includes extensive photographs, including never-before-seen pictures from FBI files. Paperback. Year/Pages: 2008: 132 p.; ill.
Price:
$21.00
Publisher: Justice Dept., Federal Bureau of Investigation Description: Hardcover version. Year/Pages: 2008: 132 p.; ill.
Price:
$30.00
Publisher: Education Dept., National Center for Education Statistics, Institute for Education Sciences Description: This First Look report uses data from the 2007-08 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) to examine a range of issues dealing with school crime and safety, such as the frequency of school crime and violence, disciplinary actions, and school practices related to the prevention and reduction of crime. SSOCS is the primary source of school-level data on crime and safety for NCES. Since 1999, it has been administered four times to the principals of nationally representative samples of public primary, middle, high, and combined schools. Year/Pages: 2009: 80 p.
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$13.50
Publisher: Education Dept., Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics Description: Examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. Provides the most current detailed statistical information on the nature of crime in schools. Presents data on crime at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population from an array of sources—the National Crime Victimization Survey, the School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, and other studies. Year/Pages: 2008: 200 p.; ill.
Price:
$32.00
Publisher: Office of the Director of National Intelligence, National Counterterrorism Center Description: Daily desk calendar with a spiral binding. Includes information about terrorist groups, methods, and tactics. Provides information on known terrorist groups, individual terrorists, and technical information on topics such as biological and chemical threats. Includes portraits, brief biographies, some information from most wanted posters, and an index. Year/Pages: 2008: 160 p.; ill.
Price:
$27.00
Publisher: Justice Dept., Federal Bureau of Investigation Description: Contains a collection of criminal justice studies, reports, and project findings. Subscription. List ID: FBIEB.
Price:
$53.00
Publisher: Administrative Office of the United States Courts Description: Contains articles relating to all the phases of preventive and correctional activities in delinquency and crime. Subscription. List ID: FPQ.
Price:
$16.00
Publisher: Defense Dept., Office of the Secretary, Historical Office Description: Contains the most comprehensive account to date of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and the aftermath, including unprecedented details on the impact on the Pentagon building and personnel and the scope of the rescue, recovery, and caregiving effort. Evocative narrative is based on firsthand accounts of survival, tragedy, and heroism drawn from hundreds of interviews, with 32 pages of photographs and more than a dozen diagrams and illustrations not previously available. Year/Pages: 2007: 290 p.; ill.
Price:
$23.25
Publisher: Justice Dept., Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Description: This book aims to improve homicide investigations by examining current agency investigative practices and relatively new investigative procedures that may produce more effective investigations. Based on a conference held May 25-26, 2006. Year/Pages: 2007: 184 p.; ill.
Price:
$13.00
Publisher: Defense Dept., National Defense Intelligence College, Center for Strategic Intelligence Research Description: Provides a compendium of essays that explore law enforcement intelligence techniques and their utility. Title is from the title page. Cover title: Improving the Law Enforcement-Intelligence Community Relationship, Can't We All Just Get Along? Spine title: Improving the Law Enforcement-Intelligence Community Relationship. Year/Pages: 2007: 210 p.; ill.
Price:
$24.00
Publisher: Justice Dept., Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention Description: Provides helpful and practical tips for families about to do when their child is missing and how to best help law enforcement in the search and recovery of their child. Year/Pages: 2004: 109 p.; ill.
Price:
$16.00
Publisher: Justice Dept., Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics Description: Brings together in a single volume nationwide data of interest to the criminal justice community. Compiles information from a variety of sources and makes it accessible to a wide audience. Year/Pages: 2005: 662 p.
Price:
$56.50
Publisher: Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement Description: Examines challenges to efforts to maintain and improve the Federal law enforcement system. Covers: coordination; terrorism; globalization of crime; federalization of crime; and professionalism, integrity, and accountability. Year/Pages: 2000: 193 p.
Price:
$23.00
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