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Book SynopsisA key resource for students, academics and practitioners, this concise guide brings together vital concepts on forensic psychology, crime and policing. Including criminal behaviour, police decision making and crime scene investigation, each entry provides a clear overview of the topic together with sample questions and further reading.Table of ContentsPart I: Forensic Psychology 1. Forensic Psychology ~ Rachael Steele 2. Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice ~ Rachael Steele 3. Forensic Psychology and Policing ~ Jason Roach and Helen Selby- Fell 4. Forensic Psychology and Court Processes ~ Ruth J. Tully 5. Forensic Psychology and Prisons ~ Ruth J. Tully 6. Forensic Psychology and Victims of Crime ~ Cherie Armour 7. Forensic Psychology and Perpetrators of Crime: The Dark Triad and Narcissism ~ Victoria Blinkhorn 8. Forensic Psychology and Rehabilitation ~ Shona Robinson- Edwards and Stephanie Kewley 9. Forensic Psychology and Desistance ~ Stephanie Kewley and Lol Burke 10. Forensic Psychology and Mental Disorder ~ Paul V. Greenall 11. Forensic Psychology and Psychopathy ~ Robert Hesketh 12. Forensic Psychology and Non-Fatal Violence ~ Victoria Blinkhorn 13. Forensic Psychology and Homicide ~ Paul V. Greenall 14. Forensic Psychology and Sexual Offences ~ Robert Hesketh 15. Forensic Psychology and Future Directions ~ Rachael Steele and Michelle McManus Part II: Crime and Criminal Justice 16. Crime and Criminal Justice: Past and Present ~ Jo Turner and Karen Corteen 17. Crime ~ Noel Cross 18. Criminal Justice Systems ~ Mike Berry 19. Criminal Justice, Actus Reus and Mens Rea ~ Noel Cross 20. Crime and Youth Justice ~ Ellena Cooke 21. Crimes of the Powerful ~ Amy Hughes-Stanley 22. Criminal Justice, Marketisation and Privatisation ~ David Sheldon 23. Criminal Justice and Punishment ~ Karen Corteen and Jo Turner 24. Criminal Justice and Serious, Violent and Sexual Offending ~ Stephanie Kewley and Charlotte Barlow 25. Criminal Justice, Risk and Vulnerability ~ Eric Halford 26. Criminal Justice, Risk Assessment and Dangerousness ~ Jennifer Murray 27. Criminal Injustice ~ Amy Hughes-Stanley 28. Criminal Justice: Future Directions ~ Noel Cross Part III: Police and Policing 29. Policing: Past and Present ~ Kate Bates 30. Police and Policing Models ~ Adrian James and Vesa Huotari 31. Police and Crime Commissioners ~ Helen Selby-Fell and Jason Roach 32. Police Codes of Conduct ~ Nicoletta Policek 33. Police Professionalisation ~ Tim Kelly 34. Police and Decision Making ~ Laura Boulton 35. Police Accountability and Legitimacy ~ Tammy Landau 36. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ~ Jo Turner and Karen Corteen 37. Police and Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements ~ Michelle McManus 38. Police and Victims of Crime ~ Kate Bates 39. Police Custody ~ Karen Corteen and Jo Turner 40. Policing Serious, Violent Sexual Offending ~ Michelle McManus and Eric Halford 41. Policing and Mental Health ~ Tim Kelly 42. Policing and Non-Verbal Communication ~ Elizabeth Peatfield 43. Policing Controversies: Undercover Policing ~ Margaret S. Malloch 44. Police Abolitionism ~ Karen Corteen 45. Policing and Occupational Cultures ~ Sean Bell and Nick Kealey 46. Policing: Future Directions ~ Andy Rhodes and Michelle McManus Part IV: Investigation 47. Crime Scene Investigation ~ Stephanie Davies 48. Investigative Interviewing ~ Davut Akca 49. Detecting Deception ~ Clea Wright 50. Criminal False Confessions ~ Ava Green 51. False Allegations and Wrongful Convictions ~ Greg Stratton and Monique Moffa 52. Witness Testimony ~ Victoria Blinkhorn 53. False Memories ~ Sue Palmer-Conn 54. Expert Evidence ~ Gary Macpherson Part V: Conclusion 55. Contemporary and Future Concepts and Debates in Forensic Psychology, Crime and Policing ~ Karen Corteen, Rachael Steele, Noel Cross and Michelle McManus

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Book SynopsisAn up-close account of policing during the Ferguson protests, providing insights from both police officers and members of the communityPolicing Unrest presents the frontline experiences of police officers during the intense three weeks of protest, vigils, looting, violence, and large civil demonstrations in and around Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer. Looking closely at the lived experiences of police officers and community residents, Tammy Rinehart Kochel raises important questions about police-community relations and the role of police as peacekeepers in support of social justice. Drawing on interviews with dozens of police personnel who policed the protests, Kochel offers insight into their shared experiences and provides compelling personal accounts of how they performed their jobs during the protest. The book covers a range of topics such as police-community relationships and community policing principles; how factors such as Trade ReviewPolicing unrest has become a key problem for American policing over the last decade, and one that has raised questions about the role of police in American society. This book is an essential read for anyone who wants to depart from the rhetoric and understand the problem from the perspectives of police and the community. * David Weisburd, co-editor of Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives *Policing Unrest is a significant and timely book that highlights the importance of addressing the Ferguson protests and the ongoing tensions between Black communities and law enforcement. Using both theoretical nuance and empirical evidence, Tammy Rinehart Kochel gives voice to both police officers and community residents to raise and deliberate policy questions about improving police-community relations. * Jennifer E. Cobbina, author of Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America *Kochel affords readers a vantage point on protests that they will not find in journalism or social media: that of officers who policed – and were the objects of – protests in Ferguson, Missouri. She adroitly weaves extant theory through new empirical evidence not only to tell the story of protest policing and its aftermath, but also to shine new light on core issues of policing through the prism of the protests and the larger crisis of police legitimacy. * Robert E. Worden, co-author of Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy *

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Book SynopsisA critical look at the realities of community policing in South Los AngelesThe Limits of Community Policing addresses conflicts between police and communities. Luis Daniel Gascón and Aaron Roussell depart from traditional conceptions, arguing that community policingpopularized for decades as a racial panaceais not the solution it seems to be. Tracing this policy back to its origins, they focus on the Los Angeles Police Department, which first introduced community policing after the high-profile Rodney King riots. Drawing on over sixty interviews with officers, residents, and stakeholders in South LA's Lakeside precinct, they show how police tactics amplifiedrather than resolvedracial tensions, complicating partnership efforts, crime response and prevention, and accountability. Gascón and Roussell shine a new light on the residents of this neighborhood to address the enduringand frequently explosiveconflicts between police and communities. At a time when these issues have taken center sTrade Review"The persuasive evidence in The Limits of Community Policing raises very serious questions about the basic procedures for engaging the community in community policing programs and other police programs with a similar purpose. Based on five years of observational research on community meetings in Los Angeles, the authors persuasively document how police officials control the procedures and the outcomes of neighborhood meetings. In addition to controlling agendas, officials respond to the expressed concerns of meeting participants by accepting some, deflecting others away from police responsibility, or resisting them altogether. The most urgent community concerns about policing, in short, are never fully addressed. This is an extremely important book for scholars, police officials and policy-makers." -- Samuel Walker,co-author of The New World of Police Accountability, Third Edition"This meticulously researched ethnographic study of community policing in Los Angeles addresses the larger racial dynamics of the interaction between Black and Brown communities and the LAPD. In doing so, the authors offer compelling insight into the citizens wishes, and the departments response. An important work for anyone studying Los Angeles, or those examining the relationship between minority communities and police departments in challenging times." -- Jeannine Bell, author of Hate Thy Neighbor: Move-in Violence and the Persistence of Racial Segregation in America"Through extensive ethnographic research, The Limits of Community Policing challenges the taken for granted value of community policing by showing the ways that police produce and manage it and in the process exacerbate core problems of inequality in the Los Angeles landscape." -- Alex S. Vitale,author of The End of Policing"There are many books on community policing, but this is the first to provide a detailed, reflective interdisciplinary approach to finding solutions in the 21st century. The Limits of Community Policing is an important book." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisThe Sensation of Security explores how private security guards are a permanent, conspicuous fixture of everyday life in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research with security laborers, managers, company owners, and elite global consultants, Erika Robb Larkins examines the provision of security in Rio from the perspective of security personnel, providing an analysis of the racialized logics that underpin the ongoing work of securing the city. Larkins shows how guards communicate a sensação de segurança (a sensation of security) to clients and customers who have the capital to pay for it. Cultivated through performances by security laborers, the sensation of security is a set of culturally shaped racialized and gendered impressions related to safety, order, well-being, and cleanliness. While the sensação de segurança indexes an outward-facing task of allaying fears of crime and maintaining order in elite spacesTable of ContentsIntroduction: Private Guards and Social Order Interlude 1: The 12 por 36 1. The Carreira das Armas Interlude 2: The Anger of Other Men 2. Hospitality Security Interlude 3: Small Thefts 3. Securing Affective Landscapes of Leisure and Consumption Interlude 4: Routine Suffering 4. Emotional Labor in the Security Command Center Interlude 5: Securing Life Epilogue: Selling the Sensation of Security Interlude 6: The Post of the Future

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Book SynopsisHow to deal with differences based on culture, ethnicity and race, has become a key issue of policing. This edited collected explores everyday, often mundane interactions between police officers and migrantised actors in European countries and asks how both sides deal with perceived differences. The contributions reflect that such differences are not just ‘out there’ but are being situationally (re-)produced in police-citizen encounters. By taking a comparative approach, the book develops a distinctly European perspective on these questions. The book contains 12 ethnographies from ten European countries, based on new and often innovative empirical research, two theoretical contributions, an introduction and a postface.Trade Review'This book is a recommended study that nicely incorporates anthropology, criminology, history, linguistics, and sociology.'Ryan Shaffer, Ethnic and Racial Studies -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction Policing differences: perspectives from Europe – Jan Beek, Thomas Bierschenk and Annalena Kolloch Part I: Categorizations of difference in police work 1 Police racism in France and Germany: occupational socialisation and institutional guidelines – Jérémie Gauthier and Jacques de Maillard2 Policing order: ethnicity in statistics and the functions of nationalism – Rebecca Pates3 Predictively policed: the Dutch CAS case and its forerunners – Paul Mutsaers and Tom van Nuenen 4 The social construction of parallel society in Swedish police documents – Ida NafstadPart II: Doing differences in everyday policing5 Dirty Harry gone global? On globalising policing and punitive impotence – David Sausdal 6 Instrumentalising racism in Russian policing: everyday interactions between police officers and migrants – Ekaterina Khodzhaeva 7 Negotiating with ethnic diversity: perceptions and patterns in everyday police work in Germany – Nina Müller 8 ‘Do you understand? Yes, you understand.’: bureaucratic translations of difference during deportation talks in Switzerland – Lisa Marie BorrelliPart III: Policing as translation 9 Inclusive and non-inclusive modes of communication in multilingual operational police training – Annalena Kolloch and Bernd Meyer 10 Talking with hands and feet: language differences and translation in German policing – Jan Beek and Marcel Müller 11 The Portuguese police and colonial legacies: when language divides – Susana DurãoPart IV: Police officers and ethnographers 12 Albanian culture and major crime: challenging culturalist assumptions among investigating UK police – Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers13 Approaching foreign milieus: experiences from a joint seminar with police trainees and anthropology students – Gisela Pauli Caldas and Thomas Widlok PostfaceAuthorizing race: on police reproduction of difference – Ian Loader

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be ‘vulnerable’? Exploring the rise of ‘vulnerability’ as an organising concept in migration detention, integration, public health, national security and social policy, this volume reveals the blurring of welfare state logics with national security ends. Governments and international agencies use the language of vulnerability to identify needy constituents and communities, but also to frame that need as potentially dangerous. Using international case studies this book shows how vulnerability governance permeates policy sectors – transforming the methods used to govern, problematise and resolve – bringing questions of risk management and security into social policy, but simultaneously brings social policy sectors into counterterrorism delivery. The combination of welfare state and security logics brings interventions deeper into societies, securitising communities and individuals on account of their needs, governing the social through security politics.Table of ContentsAn introduction to vulnerability: merging social policy with the national security state – Charlotte Heath-KellyPart I: From care to risk assessment and national security1 Shifting notions of vulnerability and learning in Swedish prevention policy – Randi Gressgård and Vanja Lozic2 Anti-immigrant politics and vulnerability’s conceptual multiplicity – Andrew C. Fletcher and Ali Fuat Birol3 Governing vulnerability: mental distress, neoliberalism and COVID-19 - Jana Fey4 Who is vulnerable, the worker or the state? Psychiatric debates on trauma and welfare in Germany, 1871–1914 – Laura Jung5 Counterterrorism and psychiatry: re-bordering vulnerability and securitisation in UK public protection – Charlotte Heath-KellyPart II: The reframing of national security around careIntroducing Part II – Barbara Gruber6 Governing vulnerability through case management: from crime to radicalization prevention in the Netherlands – Barbara Gruber7 Local rationalizations of radicalization: an analysis of Danish and Swedish municipal policies – Robin Andersson Malmros and Jennie Sivenbring8 The 'vulnerability' of Lebanon: reimagining the ‘failing state’ problem through the international PVE agenda – Jan Daniel9 Prevention politics in non-western contexts: training imams in post-revolutionary Tunisia – Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu10 ‘Ontological’ (in)security under postcolonial conditions: countering violent extremism in Nigeria – Akinyemi Oyawale11 When democracy is deemed vulnerable: preventing far-right extremism by curbing Roma ‘criminality and social pathologies’ in the Czech Republic – Sadi ShanaahEpilogue: from security to ‘care’, vulnerability to resistance – Hil AkedIndex

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Book Synopsis•The uniqueness of the work lies in its proposed synthesis of all three strands, and the idea of developing this synthesis through the policy, practice and symbolic functions of policing and security making. oPost-colonial legacies impacting contemporary societies, especially systems of policing and security governance oCritical race theorists’ responses to the continuing abuses of institutionally racist police ad governance processes oPolitical developments reflected by Brexit in the UK, Trump and twitter-led neo-liberal insurrectionism in the USA, and rising anti-migrant nationalist sentiments across mainland Europe.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Southern and Post-Colonial Perspectives on Policing, Security and Social Order - Peter Squires, Roxana Cavalcanti and Zoha Waseem Part 1: Policing, Law, and Violent Legacies 2. Asymmetric Policing at a Distance? Frontiers, law and disorder in the weaponised South - Peter Squires 3. 'From Overseer to Officer: A Brief History of British Policing through Afro-Diasporic Music Culture’ - Lambros Fatsis 4. Police Violence, Anti-Police Protest Movements and the Challenge of Decolonialism - Chris Cunneen 5. Crossing Red Lines: Exploring the Criminalisation and Policing of Sedition and Dissent in Pakistan - Ammar Ali Jan and Zoha Waseem Part 2: Southern Institutions and Criminal Justice Politics 6. Reform, Restructure and Rebrand: Cursory Solutions to Historically Entrenched Policing Problems - Danielle Watson, Nathan W. Pino and Casandra Harry 7. Democratic Policing in Authoritarian Structures. Policing models and the exercise of authority in São Paulo, Brazil - Viviane de Oliveira Cubas, Frederico Castelo Branco and André Rodrigues Oliveira 8. Rioting Struggles in Brazil: Prison Gangs, Staff and Criminal Justice Hegemony - Vitor Dieter 9. The Political Economy of Punishment in the Global Periphery: Incarceration and Discipline in Brazilian Prisons - Luiz dal Santo Part 3: Southern Narratives and Experiences - Culture, Resistance and Justice 10. Colonial Violence, Contemporary Conflict and Socio-Ecological Renewal: Analysis from Bougainville - Blaise Iruinu and Kristian Lasslett 11. Exploring the Moving Lines of the “Global South”: Citizenship and Political Participation in a Rio de Janeiro Favela - Elizabete Ribeiro Albernaz 12. Social Mobilization and Victims of Violence: Emotional Responses to Justice in an Urban Periphery - Valéria Cristina de Oliveira and Jaqueline Garza Placencia 13. Women, Peace, Security and Justice: A Postcolonial Feminist Critical Review - Giovana Esther Zucatto Part 4: Conflicts, Criminalisation, and Process in the Neo-Liberal Internationalism 14. The Contemporary Criminalisation of Activists: Insights from Latin America - Roxana Cavalcanti, Israel Celi and Simone Gomes 15. Framing Human Insecurity Between Dispossession and Difference - Guilherme Benzaquen and Pedro Borba 16. Private Military Force in the Global South: Mozambique and Southern Africa - John Lea 17. Distant Conflicts, Southern Deaths: The Trials of Neo-Liberal internationalism in ‘Southern Nowhere’ - Peter Squires 18. Conclusion/Afterword - Roxana Cavalcanti, Zoha Waseem and Peter Squires

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Book SynopsisWhy have so many radical thinkers advocated for the abolition of prisons and punishment and why have their ideas been so difficult to communicate and garner widespread support? This book outlines the long and nuanced history of penal abolitionism and shows how these ideas have continued topicality.

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Book SynopsisThe gritty, true blue story of two remarkable cops and an equally extraordinary nurse who provided the spirit and smarts that transformed Fear City into the safest big city in America.NEW YORK'S FINEST is the story of a city's transformation through the tireless efforts of Detective Steven McDonald, Nurse Justiniano, Jack Maple, and a host of hero cops-including the great niece of Jazz Age great Josephine Baker-the finest of The Finest.The son and grandson of cops, Officer McDonald was shot and paralyzed from the neck down while on patrol in 1986. The doctors said that if he did survive, he would be better off dead. It was then he came under the care of one Nurse Nina Justiniano. Where the teenage gunman was produced by the worst of Harlem's social ills, she personified its many graces, rescuing Steven from despair and urging him to transcend hate and bitterness.McDonald was then promoted to detective at the urging of NYPD Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple, a postal worker's son who sported a bow tie, Homburg hat, and two-tone shoes as he implemented transformative crime-fighting strategies to deter violent subway robberies. Coming up in the force, Maple had been routinely mocked for imagining the impossible: that Times Square would one day be a destination for families and tourists.Now, resentments and tensions are mounting in the same neighborhoods that most benefited from the careful consideration of officers like McDonald and Maple. But as NEW YORK'S FINEST illustrates, their legacies, and those of people like Nurse Justiniano, may well rescue New York City from its present state of unrest and struggle in the wake of protests and the pandemic.

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Book SynopsisK9 Search and Rescue Troubleshooting provides solutions to the most common problems SAR dog handlers encounter when training their dogs. Susan Bulanda has helped handlers around the world improve the performance of their K9 SAR teams units, and in this book she shares practical tips and advice she's learned through decades of experience. With her background as an animal behaviour consultant, Susan examines the latest research about how dogs learn and shows you how to correct your dog’s behavior using positive training methods.

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Book SynopsisFollowing The Streets Are Blue, this book, More Than Heroic, marks the second installment in a series of true tales of service from the front lines of the Los Angeles Police Department. In this book, the realities of police work are captured through the spoken words of thirty former officers with the Los Angeles Police Department. The most powerful aspect of their words is that they reveal the individuals behind the badge, the individuals you call when in need. The officers, like others who serve in law enforcement, willingly answered the call to put themselves in harm’s way to protect and serve. As you read their stories, hopefully you will appreciate the sacrifices these extraordinary individuals made and, through their stories, the sacrifices others have made during their careers with the Los Angeles Police Department.

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Book SynopsisThis is a practical guide for police officers and other first responders written by an autistic retired policeman, designed to demystify autistic behaviours and improve the treatment of autistic people caught up in the criminal justice system. Police officers and other emergency services are the first to arrive at the scene of an incident and it is vital they can recognise autistic behaviours and respond accordingly to avoid any escalation. This book lays out how to identify whether someone could be autistic and how officers can interact with them effectively and sensitively. Based on the author's many years of experience as a police officer it covers common scenarios such as stop and search, restraint and transportation, interviews and detention. For each potential encounter the book provides strategies, examples and tips to assist police in interacting safely and fairly with autistic people. In addition to police interactions, the book explains how to best respond to and assist autistic people through the Criminal Justice System and beyond.

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Book SynopsisBuilding on Frederic Lemieux's previous work exploring how Western state surveillance and intelligence activities have drastically adapted to new domestic and global challenges, this second edition expands on additional dimensions of intelligence and surveillance activities conducted in modern societies.Featuring new chapters on inter-agency cooperation at both national and international levels, cyber intelligence (CI), the link between intelligence and police cooperation, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and international operations, counterterrorism, and intelligence activities conducted by the United States since September 11, 2001, Lemieux also includes several updates to existing chapters, including the role of AI in intelligence analysis. Delving into how counterterrorism operations have profoundly changed how intelligence activities are conducted by integrating new technologies, new partnerships, and raising new ethical dilemmas, the author also expands on th

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Book SynopsisDanger in Police Culture: Perspectives from South Africa offers a fresh perspective on how officers understand, interpret and construct danger. With unique insight from working with uniformed and detective police, the author breaks new ground as the first researcher to work alongside a Tactical Response Team in South Africa. Through ethnographic research in South Africa, Perkins explores the lived experiences of police navigating danger and death. Reframing the question of what makes policing dangerous, the author employs a theoretical framework as a prism, illuminating ambiguous ideas shaping perceptions of danger in police culture. A vivid portrayal of how danger is materialized through risk reduction strategies and artefacts, dramatized through memorialization and normalized in daily police practices, Perkins concludes by reflecting on policy developments aimed at addressing the understanding and influence of danger in contemporary policing. Underscoring the need to reconsider the concept of danger in policing, this is a much-needed assessment of its understanding and impact on contemporary police work. In support of the Perkins Síochána Scholarship, the author’s proceeds from the sale of this book will be used to fund the continuing development of South African graduate students in Criminal Justice and Criminology studies in the Global South.Table of ContentsForeword; Clifford Shearing Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. South African Policing Chapter 3. People and Places Chapter 4. Tools of the Trade Chapter 5. Records, Reports and Respect Chapter 6. Routine Danger: Avoidance and Engagement Chapter 7. Memorialising Danger Chapter 8. Discussion and Conclusion

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Book SynopsisStudying for your Policing Degree is PERFECT for anyone wanting to train to become a police officer. After reading this fully comprehensive guide you will understand: the structure and culture of HE, and how policing fits into it what to expect, and what will be expected of you, as a university student teaching and assessment methods within policing, so that you can perform to the best of your ability in an academic environment how to manage your policing studies in an effective way and make the most of the resources available to you. The books in our Critical Study Skills series will help you gain the knowledge, skills and strategies you need to achieve your goals. They provide support in all areas important for university study, including institutional and disciplinary policy and practice, self-management, and research and communication. Packed with tasks and activities to help you improve your learning, including learner autonomy and critical thinking, and to guide you towards reflective practice in your study and work life. Uniquely, this book is written by a subject specialist and an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) expert.Trade Review -- Ann Anka, University of East Anglia * British Journal of Social Work *Table of Contents Studying policing in higher education Strategies for effective learning Critical thinking Becoming a member of your academic community Technology and resources Strategies for assessment

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Book SynopsisChapter “Predictive Policing in 2025: A Scenario” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsForeword; Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew CBE QC.- Rethinking Criminal Justice in Cyberspace: The EU E-evidence framework as a new model of cross-border cooperation in criminal matters; O. Sallavaci.- Policing in the era of AI and Smart Societies: austerity; legitimacy and blurring the line of consent; M. Manning, S.Agnew.- Behavioral Analytics; A Preventative Means for the Future of Policing; A. Daneshkhah et al.- Securing Transparency and Governance of Organ Supply Chain Through Blockchain; N. Chavez et al.- IoT and cloud forensic investigation guidelines; I. Mitchell et al.- Algorithms can predict domestic abuse, but should we let them?; M. Bland.- Tackling teen sexting - policing challenges when society and technology outpace legislation; E. Bond, A. Phippen.- Image Recognition in Child Sexual Exploitation Material - Capabilities, Ethics and Rights; A. Phippen, E. Bond.- Predictive policing in 2025: A scenario; K. Macnish et al.- Patterns in Policing; P. Cochrane, M.P. Pfeiffer.- Proposed Forensic Guidelines for the Investigation of Fake News; N. Omezi, H. Jahankhani.- Current Challenges of Modern-Day Domestic Abuse; J. Mayhew, H. Jahankhani.

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Book SynopsisThis Brief presents new approaches and innovative challenges to address bringing technology into community-oriented policing efforts. “Community-oriented policing” is an approach that encourages police to develop and maintain personal relationships with citizens and community organizations. By developing these partnerships, the goal is to enhance trust and legitimacy of police by the community (and vice versa), and focus on engaging the community crime prevention and detection efforts for sustainable, long-term crime reduction. The contributions to this volume emphasize how technological innovations can advance community-oriented policing goals, such as: -Strengthening community policing principles through effective and efficient tools, procedures and approaches - Accelerating communication between citizens and police forces - Early identification, timely intervention, as well as better crime reporting, identification of risks, unreported and undiscovered crime through the community Contributions to this volume were developed out of the Next Generation Community Policing (NGCP) International Conference was co-organized by nine contributing research and development projects, funded by the Horizon 2020 SECURITY Program of the European Commission. It will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as related fields such as sociology, public health, security, IT and public policy. This book is open access under a CC BY license.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Synergy of Predictive Policing and Community Policing Paradigms.- Advances in Criminological Research Using Smart Phone Applications to Gather Data.- 1996 Initiatives to Integrate Technology into Community Policing: 20 Years Later.- Serious Games: An Attractive Approach to Improve Crime Awareness.- Statistical Analysis of Suspended Terrorism-Related Content on Social Media.- Next Generation of Community Policing: The Unity IT Toolkit.- Community Outreach and Officer Performance Assessment Using Visual Analytics.- Can Technology Build Trust? Community-Oriented Policing and ICT.- Crowd Knowledge Sourcing in Fighting Exploitation.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis Brief presents new approaches and innovative challenges to address bringing technology into community-oriented policing efforts. “Community-oriented policing” is an approach that encourages police to develop and maintain personal relationships with citizens and community organizations. By developing these partnerships, the goal is to enhance trust and legitimacy of police by the community (and vice versa), and focus on engaging the community crime prevention and detection efforts for sustainable, long-term crime reduction.The contributions to this volume emphasize the societal implications of new technologies for community-oriented policing goals, such as: -Strengthening community policing principles through strengthed community feeling and lower feeling of insecurity - Reducing the fear of crime and enhancing the perception of security in large, urban environments -Enhancing citizens feelings' of empowerment, belonging, and collective efficacy Contributions to this volume were developed out of the Next Generation Community Policing (NGCP) International Conference was co-organized by nine contributing research and development projects, funded by the Horizon 2020 SECURITY Program of the European Commission. It will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as related fields such as sociology, public health, security, IT and public policy.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Addressing Ethical Challenges of Technology for Criminal Investigations.- Community Policing in light of the European Data Protection Legal Framework.- ICTs and Community Policing: An Ethical Framework.- Social Media and Community Policing Implementation.- Encouraging Citizen Engagement with a Community Policing App.- Strategic Analysis and Service Design for Community Policing.- Reconciling Social Sciences with Multiple Practitioner Needs.- Intensive Engagement: A Systematic Approach to Deliver Effective Community Engagement.- Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first to explore how psychological knowledge and research can be used to enhance police performance on a range of operational tasks. Each chapter encourages critical reflection followed by suggested further reading.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Policing and psychology: a historical journey; Police decision making; Offender Self-selection; Victims, witnesses, and offenders; Beat Psychology; Reducing and preventing crime; Conclusion: The future for psychology and policing.

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Book SynopsisHow does it feel to be a police officer? Jessica Miller uses the most recent neuroscience and real-life examples to explore risks to individual resilience. A compulsory read for anyone with an interest in policing, the book offers practical resilience techniques and policy recommendations for police officers facing crime in a post-COVID world.Table of Contents1. Why the Need to Be Resilient? How It Feels to Be a Police Officer in the UK and Why 2. Risks to Resilience in Operational Policing: From Trauma to Compassion Fatigue 3. What Might Be Happening in the Brain? Introducing Simple Neuroscience for Policing 4. Turning Science into Action: Resilience Practices for Policing 5. What Now? The Big Step Change

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Book SynopsisDescribes the risk management methodology as a specific process, a theory, or a procedure for determining your assets, vulnerabilities, and threats and how security professionals can protect them. This book addresses a systematic approach to logical decision-making about the allocation of scarce security resources.Table of ContentsRisk Management: A Short History and its Importance Key Terms and Definitions Risk Management Process Overview Asset Identification Threat Identification and Assessment Conducting the Site Specific Threat Assessment Vulnerability Identification and Assessment The Risk Assessment The Risk Assessment Cost-Benefit Analysis Risk Management and Your Organization Appendix A: Risk Management Case Study and Practical Exercises Appendix B: Forms Used in the Risk Management Process Appendix C: Are You Safeguarding the Crown Jewels - Determining Critical and Sensitive Information Appendix D: Obtaining Asset Information - Conducting Interviews Appendix E: Technology Collection Trends in the U.S. Defense Industry Appendix F: The Foreign Threat to U.S. Business Travelers Appendix G: Intelligence Organizations Appendix H: The FBI National Security Awareness Program Appendix I: Economic & Espionage News for the Risk Manager

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Book SynopsisTHE SHOCKING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE HIT TV DRAMA THREE GIRLS When detective Maggie Oliver first discovered that children as young as 10 were being groomed, abused and trafficked for sex by gangs of men in the Rochdale area, she felt like a lonely voice calling for people to act. Banging on closed doors, it seemed that nobody was able or willing to help her save these vulnerable girls, but she couldn't just sit back while countless lives were being destroyed forever in plain sight. Instead, she launched a one-woman campaign to bring down these sickening gangs. This is the heart-breaking and shocking story of how the actions of one determined detective secured convictions in what is now one of the most notorious grooming cases in the UK. Along the way Maggie discovered countless examples of how the authorities were letting down our most vulnerable children. She blew the whistle, losing her job and at times her mind at times, in a bid to stop others from experiencing the same. This is the first ever account from a police insider on the endemic problem of child sexual exploitation across the nation and how these cases are handled by the authorities put in place to protect us. It tells the story of a woman brave enough to speak out and a group of girls who found the strength to fight for justice after having their lives completely shattered by their abusers; together they show in shocking detail why this must never happen again.

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Book SynopsisCole excavates the forgotten global history of criminal identificationfrom photography to exotic anthropometric systems based on measuring body parts, from fingerprinting to DNA typing. He reveals how fingerprinting ultimately won the trust of the public and the law after a long battle against rival identification systems.Trade ReviewFor most of the century since it made its courtroom debut, fingerprinting has enjoyed an impeccable reputation for identifying criminals. What jury would acquit a suspect if his prints matched those found at the scene of a crime? …Simon Cole…is one of a small group of people that has started looking at the technique which, above all others, gave forensic ‘science’ its scientific status. And, surprisingly, he has found it is scientifically and statistically wanting. * The Economist *For almost a century, fingerprinting remained one of the most respected tools of forensic science. Only in the early nineties did faith in its reliability begin to erode. In [Suspect Identities], Simon A. Cole recounts how a number of cases involving the New York State Police revealed tampering with fingerprint evidence, as well as the incompetence of many police labs. -- William Cohen * New Yorker *[A] fascinating, thought-provoking book. * Science *Simon A. Cole's well-written and interesting book is a cultural, social, and scientific history of fingerprint identification. It makes the intriguing argument that scientific merit had nothing to do with the acceptance of fingerprints as uniquely good identification evidence. -- Adina Schwartz * New York Law Journal *Cole's treatment of fingerprinting is...commendable...[He] shows that...court cases...were not quite as singular in ascendancy of fingerprinting over the Bertillon system, but rather added weights that finally tipped the scales in favor of fingerprinting; he is also cautionary about its claim to absolute reliability. * Booklist *Cole weaves the intriguing tale of how and why people were identified as who they claimed to be. This history begins in the era where identification was largely unnecessary because people did not travel very far and were known in their own communities. As both travel and criminal behavior increased, the need to identify people grew...Cole describes the ancient use of fingerprints up through time until they became commonplace for use in identifying criminals. He presents an excellent account of the problems and controversies surrounding the use of fingerprints for identification, ending with the current issues of using DNA for identification. The illustrative stories are excellent, making this a fascinating trip through identification history. -- J. A. Brown * Choice *Cole's comprehensive...book investigates the tangled intersections of scientific identification and law enforcement...[with] rigorous detail and attention to historical ambiguities...This well-wrought history will be admired by scholars and serious lay readers. * Publishers Weekly *Cole's Suspect Identities is far more than a masterly and detailed chronicle of the journey from the anonymous mobile stranger in the seventeenth century to today's DNA-fingerprinted sex offender whose moves are tracked via the Internet. It is also an astute analysis of the social, political, and economic forces that explain why the journey took certain paths. This book sets the high benchmark for scholarship in this area. -- Troy Duster, New York UniversitySuspect Identities is a fascinating account of an important subject. In his history of identification techniques from fingerprints to DNA, Simon Cole tells the story of our recurring attempts to forge reliable links between bodies, persons, and crimes. As Cole shows in these pages, the aim of these techniques, from Martin Guerre to O. J. Simpson, is not just to link persons with criminal acts. It is to link persons to themselves, to establish their identities with the certainty of science, and to use these identifiers for bureaucratic and diagnostic purposes. And therein lies their danger, as well as their usefulness, as critics of 'DNA fingerprinting' are beginning to discover. Written with intelligence, wit, and insight, this book will stand as the definitive account for a long time to come. -- David Garland, author of The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Late ModernitySuspect Identities shows that a fascinating journey through the history of science can illuminate current controversies. This well-written book teaches us as much about the problems facing forensic scientists today as it does the history of fingerprinting. -- Barry Scheck, Co-Director, The Innocence ProjectTable of ContentsPrologue: Jekylls and Hydes 1. Impostors and Incorrigible Rogues 2. Measuring the Criminal Body 3. Native Prints 4. Degenerate Fingerprints 5. Fingerprinting Foreigners 6. From Anthropometry to Dactyloscopy 7. Bloody Fingerprints and Brazen Experts 8. Dazzling Demonstrations and Easy Assumptions 9. Identification at a Distance 10. Digital Digits 11. Fraud, Fabrication, and False Positives 12. The Genetic Age Epilogue: Bodily Identities Notes Credits Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisPolicing is not a popular topic of serious scholarly research. Although a vast literature on policing exists, it is mostly technical in nature and only rarely analytical. Even the police forces of Western Europe and North America have rarely been investigated in depth as far as their history and functioning goes. In particular, the politics of policing, its political economy, have been largely neglected. This book is a rare in-depth study of a police force in a developing country which is also undergoing a bitter internal conflict, further to the post-2001 external intervention in Afghanistan. Policing Afghanistan discusses the evolution of the country's police through its various stages but focuses in particular on the last decade. The authors review the ongoing debates over the future shape of Afghanistan's police, but seek primarily to analyse the way Afghanistan is policed relative to its existing social, political and international constraints. Giustozzi and Isaqzadeh have observed the development of the police force from its early stages, starting from what was a rudimentary, militia-based, police force prior to 2001. This is a book about how the police really work in such a difficult environment, the nuts and bolts approach, based on first hand research, as opposed to a description of how the Afghan police are institutionally organised and regulated.Trade Review'This is the first serious, comprehensive and convincing account of how policing in Afghanistan really works. Giustozzi and Isaqzadeh's impressive study of the political dynamics of Afghan policing extends the police-studies agenda and is essential reading for anyone interested in the political economy - or reform - of policing.' * Alice Hills, Chair of Conflict and Security, University of Leeds, and author of Policing Post-Conflict Cities *'Policing Afghanistan is the most comprehensive account to date of the history of policing in Afghanistan, especially of the critically important and yet highly problematic post-2001 efforts to rebuild an effective police force in Afghanistan. The book contains a wealth of details about the structure and organization of the police, recruitment and retention issues, and the various reform efforts of the past decade. The most useful contribution of the book, however, is that it looks at policing not simply from a technocratic perspective, which other studies of police reform efforts in Afghanistan have tended to do, but as an inherently political task. By placing police reform efforts in their political context, and examining the political economy of policing, this study provides a much clearer and compelling explanation for the successes and many more failures of internationally-driven police reform efforts in Afghanistan.' * Andrew WIlder, Director of Afghanistan and Pakistan Programs, United States Institute of Peace, and author of Cops or Robbers? The Struggle to Reform the Afghan National Police *

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Book SynopsisA cold case is suddenly too hot to handle in the second installment of the Winchester Brothers romantic suspense series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Leslie A. Kelly.Police officer Rowan Winchester wants nothing to do with his family's legacy. Working with the LAPD is his way of atoning for the Winchesters' dark and secretive past. And, right now, the last thing Rowan needs is true-crime novelist Evie Fleming nosing around the most notorious deaths in Los Angeles -- including the ones that haunt his own family. To make things worse, he's torn between wanting the wickedly smart writer out of his city... and just plain wanting her.While researching her latest book, Evie suspects that a dangerous new killer is prowling the City of Angels. Now she just has to convince the devastatingly handsome cop that she's right. Soon Evie and Rowan are working together to try to find the killer, even as their attraction ignites. But when the killer hones in on Evie, she and Rowan realize they'll have to solve this case fast if they want to stay alive.Previously published as Wanting You

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"If every politician in Canada would read this book, I'm betting that we'd soon see a sweeping range of reform in our prisons, one that would benefit not only those doing time, but society as a whole."" -- Ruth Elwood Martin, Director, MD, FCFP, MPH * Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education, UBC, School of Population and Public Health *

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Book SynopsisFeatures chapters on wildlife poaching in Africa, resource extraction sites around the world, the UN small arms process, small arms flows to Egypt, Libya, and Syria, stockpile management in south-east Europe, insurgent arms in northern Mali, floating armouries in the Indian Ocean, and young people in post-conflict Burundi.Trade Review'I commend the Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World for the many insights it offers into the relationship between firearms and wildlife crime, as well as other pertinent small arms issues. I have little doubt that this volume will be of great interest to those working to protect our natural heritage, as well as others involved in arms control and the promotion of peace and security.' Paula Kahumbu, Executive Director, WildlifeDirect'The catastrophic loss of wildlife has many causes, but the unsustainable exploitation of species by humans is often central to it. The Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World is a critical investigation into the threat that people pose to wildlife. The Survey scrutinizes the groups and weapons that are driving some species towards extinction and the responses mounted by governments, NGOs, and local communities, providing important evidence for the global effort to combat poaching and animal trafficking.' Inger Andersen, Director General, International Union for Conservation of NatureTable of Contents1. In the line of fire: elephant and rhino poaching in Africa; 2. Digging for trouble: violence and frontier urbanization; 3. One meeting after another: UN process update; 4. Trade update: after the 'Arab Spring'; 5. Less 'bang' for the buck: stockpile management in south-east Europe; 6. Expanding arsenals: insurgent arms in Northern Mali; 7. Waning cohesion: the rise and fall of the FDLR-FOCA; 8. Stockpiles at sea: floating armouries in the Indian ocean; 9. Unprotected: young people in post-conflict Burundi.

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States provides a comprehensive collection of essays on police and policing, written by leading experts in political theory, sociology, criminology, economics, law, public health, and critical theory. It unveils a range of experiences - from the police chief of a major metropolitan force to ordinary people targeted for policing on the street - and asks important questions about whether and why we need the police, before analyzing the law of policing, police use of force, and police violence, paying particular attention to the issue of discrimination against marginalized and vulnerable communities at the blunt end of police interference. The book also discusses technological innovations and proposals for reform. Written in accessible language, this interdisciplinary work will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the present and future of policing in the United States.Trade Review'This is not your average book about policing. It draws from a wide range of disciplines - not just law and criminology, but political science, sociology and economics - to provide a rich tapestry of insights into what policing is, its benefits and dangers, and how it should change. If you want to understand modern debates about policing, including whether it should continue to exist at all, this book is a must read.' Christopher Slobogin, Milton Underwood Professor Law, Vanderbilt University Law School'This important and compelling book brings together the nation's leading experts on the law, political theory, sociology, and criminology of policing. The authors tackle some of the most urgent contemporary debates in policing, including uses of force, technological innovations, street level police practices, and reform proposals. This book is required reading for anyone interested in the law and practice of policing in the United States.' L. Song Richardson, Dean of University of California Irvine School of Law'This volume provides an excellent array of perspectives on policing in 28 essays by an impressive collection of respected authors. They deal with the good and bad aspects of operation of police on the street and provide strong understanding of the problems and approaches to improving their performance in the diverse communities of America.' Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie Mellon University'This sophisticated collection brings together a rich group of thinkers and viewpoints. Offering an elegant mix of policy expertise, community perspectives, social science, legal theory, and philosophy, it is at once critical and appreciative of the complex role played by policing throughout our democracy. The book is strongly interdisciplinary - it melds scholarship on social vulnerability and race with inquiries into such wide-ranging topics as police unions, technology, big data, and violence. Scholars, students, and experts alike will learn much from this provocative volume.' Alexandra Natapoff, University of California and author of Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More UnequalTable of ContentsPart I. The View from the Streets: 1. Policing as though the public really matters: a call for outcome-based policing Cameron McLay; 2. Policing in St Louis: 'I feel like a runaway slave sometimes' Thomas Harvey and Janae Staicer; Part II. Do We Need Public Police?: 3. Why we need police Justin McCrary and Deepak Premkumar; 4. Police abolitionist discourse? Why it's been missing (and why it matters) Jonathan Simon and Eduardo Bautista Duron; 5. The police as civic neighbors Eric J. Miller; 6. Pretext and justification: republicanism, policing, and race Ekow Yankah; 7. The private policing paradox Elizabeth Joh; Part III. The Law of Policing: 8. Justifying police practices: the example of arrests Rachel Harmon; 9. Police interrogation and suspect confessions Richard A. Leo; 10. How fear shapes policing in the US David A. Harris; 11. The futile Fourth Amendment: understanding police excessive force doctrine through an empirical assessment of Graham v. Connor Osagie K. Obasogie and Zachary Newman; 12. The problematic prosecution of an Asian American police officer: notes from a participant in People v Peter Liang Gabriel J. Chin; Part IV. Police Force and Police Violence: 13. Confrontational proactive policing: benefits, costs, and disparate racial impacts Charles Manski and Daniel S. Nagin; 14. Race, police, and the production of capital homicides Jeff Fagan and Amanda Geller; 15. What drives variation in killings by urban police in the United States – two empirical puzzles Franklin Zimring; Part V. Discrimination: 16. Race, pedestrian checks, and the Fourth Amendment Devon W. Carbado; 17. In the shadows: policing immigration in the criminal justice system and its impact on racial disparities and identity Yolanda Vázquez; 18. Policing 'radicalization' Amna Akbar; 19. Police and the criminalization of LGBT people Ilan H. Meyer, Naomi G. Goldberg, Amira Hasenbush, Christy Mallory and Lara Stemple; 20. Police sexual violence Tamara Rice Lave; 21. Policing the mentally ill in Los Angeles on the frontlines of transinstitutionalization Natalie Pifer; Part VI. Technology: 22. The pitfalls of police technology: a minority report Kami Chavis; 23. Citizenship talk Bennett Capers; 24. Predictive policing theory Andrew Guthrie Ferguson; 25. Big data surveillance: the case of policing Sarah Brayne; Part VII. Reform: 26. Unions and police reform Stephen Rushin; 27. Procedural justice and policing: four new directions Rebecca Hollander Blumoff; 28. Moving toward an American police-community reconciliation framework David Kennedy and Jonathan Ben-Menachem.

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Book SynopsisStandoff is award-winning journalist Jamie Thompson''s gripping account of a deadly night in Dallas, told through the eyes of those at the center of the events, who offer a nuanced look at race and policing in AmericaOn the evening of July 7, 2016, protesters gathered in cities across the nation after police shot two black men, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. As officers patrolled a march in Dallas, a young man stepped out of an SUV wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a high-powered rifle. He killed five officers and wounded eleven others. It fell to a small group of cops to corner the shooter inside a community college, where a fierce gun battle was followed by a stalemate. Crisis negotiator Larry Gordon, a 21-year department veteran, spent hours bonding with the gunmanover childhood ghosts and death and shared experiences of racial injustice in Americawhile his colleagues devised an unprecedented plan to bring the night to its dramatic end. <

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Book SynopsisThe character of a nation is so profoundly influenced by the nature of the control to which it is subjected, that a due appreciation of the scope of police functions and a proper knowledge of the origin and extent of the powers and duties delegated to them must possess a more than academic interest. This book, originally published in 1901, provides a thorough account of the English police system at the beginning of the twentieth century and offers many points of view that are relevant today.

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Book SynopsisIn todays ever-expanding global movement of people border security becomes increasingly important. Stopping the illegal movement of weapons, drugs, and people, while allowing lawful trade and travel, is essential to our nations security and economic prosperity. This book examines the funding, technologies and enforcement used to keep our borders secure. Chapter 1 reviews the critical infrastructure, technology, and personnel funding needed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to enhance our Nations border security. On 25 January 2017, in one of his first acts as President, Donald Trump ordered the immediate construction of a physical wall on the southern border. As reported in chapter 2, Border Patrol agents have rarely recommended building a wall to address the most commonly identified vulnerabilities or capability gaps along the southwest border. More often, agents recommended additional technology and personnel as solutions for securing the border. The U.S. Border Patrol, within the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), has made progress deploying surveillance technologya mix of radars, sensors, and camerasalong the southwest U.S. border as described in chapter 3. There is a wave of foreign nationals headed for the U.S. southern border. Chapter 4 discusses the impending arrival of what was initially called an immigrant caravan, which remains a challenge of U.S. border security. The San Diego-based group, Pueblo Sin Fronteras, or People Without Borders, has taken credit for organizing the effort. While they claim to provide humanitarian aid to migrants and refugees, what they are doing now is undermining the rule of law. Chapter 5 highlights the potential vulnerabilities in the visa issuance process. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), implemented the Visa Security Program (VSP) in 2003. ICE has since deployed officials to certain U.S. embassies and consulates overseas to strengthen the visa review process by working with Department of State (State) consular officers in reviewing applications.

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