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As a storm rages across the Mediterranean Sea, a terrifying distress call is made to the Italian Coast Guard. Days later, a body washes ashore. Identified as a high value terrorism suspect (who had disappeared three years prior), his name sends panic through the Central Intelligence Agency. Where was he headed? What was he planning? And could he be connected to the "spectacular attack" they have been fearing all summer? In a race against time, the...
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IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"In 2020, police killings caught on bystander video placed US police under scrutiny and spurred activists to call for reform. Learn the history and factors behind police brutality in the US, especially in Black communities"--
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This Brief describes a reality based approach to use-of-force training in law enforcement, an area of growing importance. It explains what scenario-based training is, how it works to improve police-community relations, and provides a guide for how the training can be implemented. This brief will be of value to researchers working to understand the negative impact of use of force on police-community relations, and interested in alternative approaches...
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Violence or the potential for violence is a fact of human existence. Many societies, including our own, reward martial success or skill at arms. The ways in which members of a particular society use force reveal a great deal about the nature of authority within the group and about its members' priorities. Martha Finnemore uses one type of force, military intervention, as a window onto the shifting character of international society. She examines the...
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A Study Guide for William Carlos Williams's "The Use of Force," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
9) Force Decisions: A Citizen's Guide to Understanding How Police Determine Appropriate Use of Force
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Cooperation, Compliance, Control.
In a free and peaceful society where so many have been taught that all violence is wrong, citizens are often confused and dismayed when officers use force, even when the force is perfectly lawful and justified.
This book allows you to 'take' a basic USE OF FORCE class just as if you were a rookie at the police academy. Below are some highlights of what is included in 'your' basic use of force class:
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Entering the shady world of what he calls "violent entrepreneurship," Vadim Volkov explores the economic uses of violence and coercion in Russia in the 1990s. Violence has played, he shows, a crucial role in creating the institutions of a new market economy. The core of his work is competition among so-called violence-managing agencies-criminal groups, private security services, private protection companies, and informal protective agencies associated...
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The vast majority of the law enforcement officers in this country perform their very difficult jobs with respect for their communities and in compliance with the law. Even so, there have been incidents in which this was not the case. Police brutality and misconduct has been under the microscope for the last several years, and Loretta Prater brings these issues to light through research reports and numerous examples of cases, including the personal...
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Peter D. Feaver is Alexander F. Hehmeyer Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University. He is the author of Armed Servants and Guarding the Guardians as well as coeditor of Soldiers and Civilians. Christopher Gelpi is Associate Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He is the author of The Power of Legitimacy (Princeton).
America's debate over whether and how to invade Iraq clustered into civilian versus military...
15) El uso de la fuerza y la lucha contra la violencia policial (Use of Force and the Fight against P
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En la primavera y el verano de 2020, tuvieron gran repercusión varios homicidios perpetrados por la policía, que generaron que la atención volviera a centrarse en la violencia policial en Estados Unidos, en particular contra las personas negras. Los grupos activistas como Black Lives Matter exigieron que la policía se responsabilice y pidieron justicia por las víctimas de la violencia policial. Lee sobre la historia de la violencia policial en...
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In focus volume IF11995
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2021-
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This work is a compendium of martial arts strategies and tactics from the greatest minds history has to offer. Colossal in its scope, yet accessible with clear definitions and abound with illustrations, Strategic Engagement of Force marries the theories from some of the most prodigious intellects. The philosophies of the great military strategist, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and John Boyd, unified with business leaders, such as J. Paul Getty and...
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Ever wonder what exactly happens when an officer is involved in the User of Deadly Force? What the officer saw and what he thought as it occurred? You have that opportunity as a 25 year veteran police Sergeant puts you in his shoes on that fateful day he experienced. You are taken step by step from being assigned the call, to arriving at the scene. You then experience exactly what he saw and was thinking up to and through that life or death moment....