Social Services & Welfare, Criminology

Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel illuminates the psychological, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual impact of police work o...

Authors Bruce Newsome and Jack Jarmon take a holistic look at the issues and risks, their solutions, controls, and countermeasures, and their polit...

When veteran law-enforcement officer and lifelong motorcycle lover William Queen penetrated the San Fernando chapter of the notorious Mongols, he w...

Are some criminals born, not made? What causes violence and how can we treat it? An Anatomy of Violence introduces readers to new ways of looking a...

It is based upon the testimonies of FBU representatives and members: control staff, officers and wholetime and retained firefighters from Scotland...

The fire was visible from seventy miles away and the heat generated was so intense that a helicopter could only circle the rig at a perimeter of on...

Written by international experts in the field, this book covers the standards, architecture and deployment issues related to IP-based emergency ser...

The physical and mental demands associated with firefighting and other emergency operations exceed those of virtually any other occupation. When yo...

How corrupt is the West? Europe and North America's formal self-perception is one of high standards in public life. And yet, corruption is receivin...

We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let...

Annabelle Forest was just seven years old when she was inducted into a twisted sex cult by her own mother. For the next few years she was brainwash...

New York Times Bestseller Edgar Award winner for Best Fact Crime The Day of the Locust meets The Devil in the White City and Midnight in the Gard...

When government officials become aware of an impending disaster, they may take steps to protect citizens before the incident occurs. Evacuation of ...

Since 11 September 2001, several bills introduced in the U.S. Congress have included provisions to assist emergency communications. Legislation add...

This stranger-than-fiction cold case is about to crack wide open! Perfect for fans of Ill be Gone in the Dark and Zodiac On Dec...

War is at a tipping point: we're passing from the age of industrial warfare to a new era of computerised warfare, and a renewed risk of great-power...

A heroic doctor''s unflinchingly honest and visceral tale of impossible choices in emergency medicine. ''A brilliant insig...

Today, 426 million children are growing up in war zones. Since 1919 Save the Children has been protecting and promoting the well-being of childre...

Disaster has become big business. Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein trav­els across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea, the U...

We are woefully unprepared for our next major disaster-but the lessons we''ve learned post-9/11 in NYC can show all of America the way to true resi...