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Supervision of Police Personnel
Same like the Criminal Investigation book. I needed it so that I can studyfor the Sergeant exam. And Amazon.com was the only place that I could've order the book from. Keep selling the special books.

Must have!Must buy!... but that doesn't make it good...
For promotion exams in my area, this is THE book that the examiners use for the supervision questions.
dry as dry could be
This book was very dry and difficult reading due to the fact the contents could not keep my attention. The 15 questions on the sergeants exam that pertained to this book were lengthy questions that were the demise of all test takers scores. Although everyone passed the exam all test takers complained about the 15 responsibility questions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Police    4. Police Administration    5. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    6. Political Science    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Supervision of    10. United States    11. Police & security services    12. Political Science / Law Enforcement    13. Political structure & processes   

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Great working with you.
Your book was in great conditions, I'll do business with you again.

EXCELLENT INTRODUCTION
Relatively up to date (September 11 and law enforcement reactions, USA PATRIOT Act, etc.), and very informative, this textbook provides an excellent survey of the Criminal Justice System.The prose is streamlined, clear, and somewhat non-biased.Minor corrections may need to be made (e.g. the textbook states that the majority of female sexual assault victims do not know their attacker. . .), but these flaws are minor for a textbook of this scope.The book is extensively source documented, making it perfect for anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of the Criminal Justice System.The CD-ROM and online tools are comprehensive, and give the reader/student a more intimate view of the author's vision.

Criminal Justice.
This is the best book I have read on Criminal Justice. It is fun to read and easy to enjoy. I advise anybody that is interested on the field of criminal justice to begin with this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law - General    2. Criminal justice, Administrati    3. Criminal justice, Administration of    4. Criminology    5. Law    6. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    7. Sociology    8. United States    9. Crime & criminology    10. Political Science / Law Enforcement   

Reviews (6)

Read the title: "STUDY GUIDE"
What a useless study guide.All this does is reprint the chapter summary and removes a few words and asks you to fill in the blanks. Do not, repeat, NOT, waste your money on this.
This is the book, your seller got you!
I bought this book, and it was the textbook, not a study guide, the last reviewer was fooled!

This is the STUDYGUIDE, not the text book!
This is the STUDY GUIDE, not the text book.I was really peeved when it came in the mail and I realized all I had was a paper thin study guide, which was supposed to help me take tests on the text book.Don't make the mistake I did, get the text book, not the STUDY GUIDE! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Criminal investigation    3. Criminology    4. Forensic Science    5. Law    6. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    7. Sociology    8. Criminal investigation & detection    9. Law / Criminal Procedure   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Police administration    3. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    4. Political Science    5. Politics/International Relations    6. Sociology    7. Police & security services    8. Political Science / Law Enforcement   

Reviews (166)

Oh boy, more "lets understand the terrorist" garbage
The religion of peace is at it again!In response to the popes words, muslims all over the world respond with violence, destruction, rage, hatred, burning down buildings, burning papal effigies, issuing fatwas against the pope, and even shooting a 70 year old nun in the back.Wow, such peace from a religion of "peace".If Islam is a religion of peace, then all the guns in the world are pink flowers, and every nuclear bomb, a soft feathery pillow.Violence for words.Destruction for speech.PLEASE!This is a religion of war, and bereft mindless 70 year old bags like Noam have begun to lose a lot of mental function with age.This old bag of a man gives Muslims free passes and blames America.
Chomsky is a lunatic, take with a grain of salt
I picture Chomsky in a sunless, cluttered apartment full of scattered yellowing newspapers, surrounded only by walls of his own clippings.Yes, his recent writing is the result of too little exposure to the real world.Not everything is a conspiracy theory, and not all facts or events paint an overall trend or picture.The world is too random for all similar events to be related.But when you surround yourself with your own highlighted facts of history and dwell on them day after day trying to sell your thoughts, the result is going to be nonsense.I respect Chomsky's right to say what he thinks, and as a liberal I often find myself agreeing with him (but for vastly different reasons).What I do not respect are those readers who take his words as gospel, when they are simply the rantings and ravings of someone who has lost touch with how the real world works.Throwing together a bunch of events across history does not make for a lucid view of how we got to the present and what to do about the current problems.To me, he is no different from those who have assembled enough disjointed evidence as to convince themselves that 9-11 was perpetrated by the U.S. government.
hateful garbage
This is a spiteful, hateful man who is out of his element outside of linguistics.And he got that wrong, as well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminology    2. International Relations - General    3. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    4. Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism    5. Political Science    6. Political Terrorism    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Politics/International Relations    9. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001    10. Terrorism    11. Central government policies    12. History / United States / 20th Century    13. International relations    14. Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle    15. War & defence operations    16. Current Events / International   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Criminal justice, Administration of    3. Criminology    4. Jurisprudence    5. Law    6. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    7. Sociology    8. United States    9. Crime & criminology    10. Law / Jurisprudence   

Reviews (1)

Pretty darn good for a promotional book
This book is currently being used for the Lt's promotional exam in Houston, Texas.As promotional books, it is pretty useful.The text covers all of the topics that a supervisor/ manager should know (Management Styles/Leadership Theory/Communications, etc..)without going into too much depth as some texts do.There is enough material to make it challenging, but what is important to me is that after the test is over, there still is worth to this book.They list resources, ideas, and plans that can be converted to your departments use.If your studying,good luck.If you just want to pick up some ideas on the latest in police management theory, this is still a good book to study!
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Subjects:  1. General    2. Police    3. Police Administration    4. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    5. Political Science    6. Sociology    7. Supervision of    8. Law    9. Political Science / Law Enforcement   

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Police Patrol-Operations and Management by Charles Hale
The book is very well organized, covers several aspects of the police patrol division, and community policing issues.It is easy to understand the concepts discussed - as simple words are used. A very good reference bookto have on hand. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminology    2. Police Science    3. Police administration    4. Police patrol    5. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. United States    10. Law    11. Political Science / Law Enforcement   

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Turvey demystifies criminal profiling
This book by Mr. Turvey offers a lucid and comprehensive overview of criminal profiling. Contrary to popular belief, criminal profiling is not science per se but rather a collection of subjective views offered by renowned criminal profilers. Most of these views have not been scientifically corroborated and according to Turvey there is no concensus amongst criminal profilers on this subject. Turvey holds that much more scientific research is required in order to substantiate many claims. What separates Turvey's book from most books on this subject is his refusal to make sensationalistic assertions. Every major theory is explained clearly and both its strengths and flaws are accounted for. Inductive and deductive methods are reviewed extensively and meticulously and it becomes readily apparent to the reader that criminal profiling has been only somewhat beneficial in a few cases. In most cases, criminal profilers have failed to offer an accurate profile of the perpetrator, small wonder given the extreme complexity of human nature.
Waste of Money
Don't waste your money on this book.As a professor of Criminology, I found Mr. Turvey's approach to be quite juvenile in it's theories.Mr. Tuvey's analysis often contradicts itself in following chapters.I advise my students that there are far better books about criminal profiling on the market.

Seminal Text in Crime Scene Behavior Analysis
Mr. Turvey has done an outstanding job in assembling and presenting critical, fundamental concepts on behavioral analysis of crimes and criminals based upon what the physical evidence describes. The introduction by John Thornton, PhD, one of the worlds leading forensic scientists and authors is an endorsement that says it all. Each human act is unique in the context of the mindset of the offender and his behavior at the time of the crime. This book describes the effective analyis and interpretation based upon the uniqueness of each crime scene evidence and event, keeping the investigator on track. This book should be required reading for all "introduction to criminal investigation" classes for both law enforcement and the defense bar. The book demonstrates the importance of merging and considering all aspects of victimology, forensic science, psychology and good old fashioned investigative work. Mr. Turvey does an excellent job of promoting the deductive, individualized analysis of a crime. Although it is tempting to look at the "statistical" data of similar scenes, the inductive process can be distracting and misleading. Yes, he takes a few jabs at some of FBI's legends, however it is more likely that he attacks the process and not the individual. For those of us who have worked with the Feds and enjoyed their friendship, it does evoke a chuckle or two... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal behavior, Prediction    2. Criminal behavior, Prediction of    3. Criminal investigation    4. Criminology    5. Forensic Psychology    6. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    7. Psychological aspects    8. Psychology    9. Social Psychology    10. Sociology    11. Criminal or forensic psychology    12. Offenders    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

Reviews (5)

Horrible!!
This book is just plain bad.Writer has very hard time getting anything across clearly..way to wordy for the simple messages that he is trying to get across.Avoid if at all possible unless you like to sleep!! or if you have to read it for a test...even then not worth it!!

Long winded.
The only reason anyone would read this book is because it was listed as required reading for a promotional exam. Mr Whisenand is out of his mind and should limit his writing to something he has firsthand experience in. Read this book only if you are having insomnia.

Tiresome, windy, unrealistic, list happy
This guy is out of his mind.A very frustrating read which makes U.S Army technical manuals seem fascinating.Mr. Whisenand is an obvious scholar, but I fear his "book of lists" does not translate all that well to actual human beings.In addition, I found the section on "community oriented policing" especially overblown.He fails to consider the prosecutorial implications of stating that "long and detailed reports are turnoffs to many people" (page 331, paragraph 1), they're turnoffs to defense attornies too!Read more

Subjects:  1. Police    2. Police Administration    3. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    4. Political Science    5. Politics - Current Events    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Supervision of    9. United States    10. Law    11. Political Science / Law Enforcement   

Reviews (7)

Better than I expected
This was among the 7 pieces of source material on my most recent exam.It was better than I expected.I looked at it from the perspective that I should use a person's culture to my advantage. With a familiarity of culture specific issues, I can make myself a more effective police officer.I found the author's writing to be of high quality, but book did not make me more culturally diverse.If you are looking for a book that teaches you how to be a police officer, this is not it.If you are looking for a book that might explain why the Iranian guy got mad at you last week, this is the right one.

Multicultural Law Enforcement
The worse book I have ever read.This book is filled with Liberal jibberish and worthless information that the authors try to pass off as fact. This 500+ page masterpiece is loaded with unfactual opinions from people who know absolutely nothing about Police work. It could have been explained in 50 or less pages.Don't waist your money!!!!!

Balanced and Necessary
This book is an important contribution to policing at multiple levels. It discusses ethnic and minority groups in a respectful manner, attempting to avoid stereotypes. It provides the police officer with insight into and strategies for policing a multicultural society. At no point does it even slightly suggest that law enforcement should use culture or race as an excuse to not enforce the law.The introductory chapter provides a framework for understanding the phenomenon of immigration in the U.S., and connects 21st century demographics to the need for the book itself. The authors provide useful information on topics such as community policing, racial profiling, and hate crimes.It is absolutely ridiculous to refer to this book as apologetic or soft on crime.If police officers are not ready for this book, then they should get out of policing.This book is one of the best that I have seen for law enforcement professionals related to the multicultural society. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Discrimination in law enforcem    2. Discrimination in law enforcement    3. Ethnic Sociology    4. Ethnic Studies - General    5. General    6. Intercultural communication    7. Law Enforcement    8. Multiculturalism    9. Police-community relations    10. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    11. Political Science    12. Politics / Current Events    13. Politics/International Relations    14. United States    15. Police & security services    16. Political Science / Law Enforcement   

Reviews (17)

Practical Homicide Investigation, Fourth Edition
Book Review:Practical Homicide Investigation, Fourth Edition
Practical Homicide Investigations
Excellent reference book..I am a criminal investigator.The timely manner I received the product was appreciated.

Practical Homicide Investigations a Great Tool
This book is a great tool for Criminial Justice students. It has help my wife greatly. Amazon's prices are much cheaper than the school bookstore. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Forensic Science    2. General    3. Homicide investigation    4. Law    5. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    6. Sociology    7. United States    8. Biology, Life Sciences    9. Law / Forensic Science   

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I hated it
My department changed the reading material for a promotional exam from Callibre Press to this junk.I was forced to read and internalize it;I hated it.This book is intollerable from the front cover. Take a look at the guy in the graphic.He is holding a flashlight in his gun hand; nuf said?

Very basic, good book
I had to read this book for apromotional examination and found it to be a good refresher of the very basic points that we all learned at the beginning of our police careers.When I am approached by someone who is not yet in police work and wants to read a good, simply written and understandable book on law enforcement, I always recommend this one.It may seem to be too basic for those of us in this field for the years I have served, but many areas are still very relevant.

Police Field Operations
Too vague and general for someone using the book to use as a reference. Does not go into a lot of key points you actually use on patrol. Also, tends to make remarks that do not reflect the reality of todays policework. The author seems out of touch with policing today. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Police Administration    3. Police patrol    4. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    5. Political Science    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Sociology    8. United States    9. Political Science / Law Enforcement    10. Sociology, Social Studies   

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The Military and Police Sniper by Mike Lau
This is an outstanding book jammed with information for both the novice and master shooter alike. I constantly review sections though I read the book a few years ago.Subjects include what makes a rifle a precision weapon, ammunition, optics, position, the difference between military and police sniping, etc. It's definately a keeper.

The Military and Police Sniper
I would reccomend this for the learning sniper.

Excellent book on this subject
If you are a person who has an interest in Military and Police sniping you must read this book. Together with the book written by Major John L. Plaster 'The Ultimate Sniper'this book offers a good insight in how things work and how things are done to function as a sniper. A lot of practical tips are added in this book. As you go through the book you understand how much the author 'Michael Lau' knows about the subject and how much experience he has in the subject. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    2. Political Science    3. Politics/International Relations    4. Shooting   

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Fire Investigator
If you are a fire cause and origin investigator, you need this book! If you don't use it, you can bet an attorney will use it against you in civil or criminal proceedings. This book should be right next to your NFPA 921. DeHahn writes in a pragmatic and easy to understand format. I understand that the 6th ed. is getting ready for relase so you might wait a couple of weeks and get the latest. Bravo Dr. DeHaan, you've done it again!

BEST FOR FIRESCIENCE
The best book I know about fire; I like it for the strict scientific and pragmatic approach and the lot of practical hints, useful for a fire operator but also for a fire student.
Good Research Book
I bought this book as a step in investigating fires and arson steps of investigation in writing a novel.It does have a lot of good information, but it's very generalized--not specific.Good for the amateur fire sleuth that wants to get enought information to be able to 'talk the language.' ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fire Investigation    2. Fire Science    3. Forensic Science    4. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Fire services    9. Technology / Fire Science    10. Firefighting    11. Fire fighting   

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Introduction to Emergency Management
An excellent introductory book with a good review of the basic components of emergency management

Easy Flowing Read
For a easy flowing read, buy this book.It has plenty of pertinent information mainly from a federal emergency standpoint.

An Excellent Intro to Emergency Management
"Introduction to Emergency Management" is a straight-forward and insightful entre into the world of public emergency management.George Haddow and Jane Bullock are former senior FEMA officials that exerienced it first hand. And it shows.Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Emergency Medical Services    2. Emergency management    3. Government - U.S. Government    4. Medical    5. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Public Affairs & Administration    8. United States    9. Political Science / Government / National    10. Social impact of disasters   

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Don't Read Unless You Have To!
Why the NJ DOP picked this book for testable material is beyond me? After was all said and done, 3 months worth of reading of this boring, choppy, unrealistic supervision theory book the DOP only asked 12 questions from it.Author lives in Fantasy Land when it comes to police work, especially in NJ.Come up with a few distinct "buzz words" and a littney of lists on police tactics, and you to can write a boring book like this one.

Boring
Why the Department of Personnel would have anyone read this for promotional testing is beyond me. Put together a few five dollar words and fragmented thoughts and you're an expert on supervision. This book was as interesting as watching paint dry. It should come with a noose so you could hang yourself after reading it!

Long winded.
The only reason anyone would read this book is because it was listed as required reading for a promotional exam. Mr Whisenand is out of his mind and should limit his writing to something he has firsthand experience in. Read this book only if you are having insomnia. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Police    3. Police Administration    4. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    5. Political Science    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Sociology    8. Supervision of    9. United States    10. Law    11. Political Science / Law Enforcement   

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Essentials of Fire Department Customer Service
This text was extremly overpriced. I recently saw the same book in our State Fire Academy bookstore and the IFSTA catalog for $21.00. I paid over $45.00 from Amazon.

An important area of the Fire Service
Brunacini covers customer service in a to the point witty way. His book is written in plain english and includes past experiences. A good read for those interested in fire service customer service from cover to cover.

A Must Read Book for Fire and EMS Administrators!
An excellent look at an often neglected topic! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Career/Job    3. Careers - General    4. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    5. Politics - Current Events   

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Excellent core text for any forensic science course
Excellent book ideal for any forensic science student! Includes detailed information on all aspects of forensic science incl. recent advances in DNA and computer forensics..could not find any topics which were left out.Superbly illustrated with full colour photos.Chapters written by experts in their particular field. Definitely recommended, not only to students but to all forensic practitioners.

not impressed
This is a superb book...for junior high or high school students. Yes, it is easy to read, but I found the highlighted words in the text (to indicate they are in the glossary) to be a nuisance. The authors over-simplify everything and attempt to encompass too many areas of the broad field, so it will only be of use to readers who have never seen CSI or know absolutely nothing about forensic science. Saferstein's introductory book on forensic science would be a better choice for your money.

Excellent Guide
This book is excellent for anyone interested in Forensic Science. Just as the synopsis says this brings to light the reality of forensics as a science rather than psychology. It is in depth but clear and easy to understand - it even has a huge glossary of terms at the rear with the words highlighted in the chapters for easy acess to their meanings. It will be an invaluable help to people with an interest in forensic science.As this book says, it's an introduction on "scientific and investigative techniques" but don't be fooled, the detail is immense and the book is superbly laid out. Clear diagrams, photos and graphs are well placed to help the reader further understand what they are taking in. The text it's self is easy to follow and friendly to read and the concepts are well explained. What I especially like about this book are the questions at the end of each section (nothing formidable) and the case studies and examples that further help to emphasize the points being put across. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal investigation    2. Criminal laboratories    3. Evidence, Criminal    4. Forensic Science    5. Forensic sciences    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Law / Forensic Science    10. Police & security services   

Subjects:  1. Parole    2. Penology    3. Probation    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. United States    7. Law    8. Political Science / Law Enforcement