The Britannica Guide to Law Enforcement and Intelligence Gathering
The Britannica Guide to Law Enforcement and Intelligence Gathering
Editors: Pender, Lionel, Murley, Leon and Forrest, Glen et.al
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Britannica Digital Learning
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-1-62-513524-7
Category: Social Sciences - Criminology & Law
Image Count:
112
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
The Britannica Guide to Law Enforcement and Intelligence Gathering presents an engaging overview of the history of law enforcement and intelligence organizations, as well as the tools and techniques that they use.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- To Serve and Protect: The History of Policing
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1: FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
- CHAPTER 2: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
- CHAPTER 3: DEVELOPMENTS IN POLICING SINCE 1900: THE UNITED STATES EXAMPLE
- CHAPTER 4: THE 21ST CENTURY: COUNTERTERRORISM AND RACIAL TENSIONS
- CONCLUSION
- TIMELINE
- GLOSSARY
- FOR MORE INFORMATION
- FOR FURTHER READING
- Working the Case: Law Enforcement, Police Work, and Police Organizations
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1: POLICE AND SOCIETY
- CHAPTER 2: NATIONAL POLICE ORGANIZATIONS
- CHAPTER 3: POLICE WORK AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
- CHAPTER 4: INTERNATIONAL POLICE ORGANIZATIONS AND HIGH POLICING
- CONCLUSION
- TIMELINE
- GLOSSARY
- FOR MORE INFORMATION
- FOR FURTHER READING
- The Spy Game: International and Military Intelligence
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1: NATURE OF INTELLIGENCE
- CHAPTER 2: HISTORY OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
- CHAPTER 3: NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER 4: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
- CONCLUSION
- TIMELINE
- GLOSSARY
- FOR MORE INFORMATION
- FOR FURTHER READING
- Police Technology: 21st-Century Crime-Fighting Tools
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1: POLICE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
- CHAPTER 2: EQUIPMENT AND TACTICS
- CHAPTER 3: CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION
- CHAPTER 4: CRIME-SCENE INVESTIGATION AND FORENSIC SCIENCES
- CONCLUSION
- TIMELINE
- GLOSSARY
- FOR MORE INFORMATION
- FOR FURTHER READING