Research & Evidence-Based Policing
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For many years, recommendations have been made for law enforcement agencies to form collaborative working relationships with local academic institutions. The benefit of these collaborations to law enf...
Investigations
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Veterinary forensics is a developing field that can assist with animal cruelty investigations. Animal abuse investigations are vital because animal maltreatment is a co-occurring and central aspect of...
Crime & Violence
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In the face of the overwhelming violence both perpetuated by and affecting the young men trapped in the world of gang conflict, it is all too easy to overlook the young women who are also stranded in ...
Global Policing
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By 2030, the criminal landscape will change U.S. and European society as the more virulent and diversified transnational crime rapidly takes the place of the more familiar street crimes. Transnational...
Terrorism
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es conjured up when contemplating Mexican drug cartels might seem like they belong in an action movie or in a more barbaric time long since passed. Armed conflict between federal police trying to reta...
From the Director
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For more than 40 years, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has been an agency that utilizes intelligence to direct our law enforcement and regulatory activities to combat gu...
Research & Evidence-Based Policing
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Many law enforcement organizations continue to struggle with development of evidence-based policies and practices, and some still question the actual validity of the endeavor. To some degree, this is ...
Investigations
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n November 2004, Mosul, Iraq, was home to many displaced enemy fighters from Falluja and street gangs who roamed the city streets practicing the art of terror. During this time, an estimated 200 bodie...