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Managing Spontane­ous Community Volunteers in Disasters

03/26/2013 - Author Lisa Orloff uses case studies and anecdotes, along with other tools, to provide a practical guide for managing spontaneous volunteers following a disaster so that emergency responders can get the most out of those volunteers.
Book Reviews: Homeland Security

Foundations of Homeland Security: Law and Policy

02/19/2013 - Despite a large number of books on homeland security, few cover the legal implications surrounding the topic.
Book Reviews: Surveillance

Surveillance or Security: The Risks Posed by New Wiretapping Technologies

02/19/2013 - The technologies of communications and eavesdropping are increasingly complicated, and public policy must keep up with those innovations.
Book Reviews: Best Practices \ Case Studies

A Guide to Business Organization, Management, and Basic Investigative Skills for the Private Investigator

02/19/2013 - While accessible to readers at all experience levels, Basic Private Investigation targets law enforcement retirees and other professionals considering investigations as a second career.
Book Reviews: Crime

Effective Crime Reduction Strategies: International Perspectives

02/19/2013 - In this collection of scholarly compositions, editors James Albrecht and Dilip Das present work from authors who made presentations at an International Police Executive Symposium.
Book Reviews: IT Security

Security Strategy: From Requirements to Reality

02/19/2013 - Though this book is slightly more on the IT side, the authors of Security Strategy bridge this divide by discussing both types of issues as they relate to high-level security.
Book Reviews: Risk Management

Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance: It Can’t Happen to Us—Avoiding Corporate Disaster While Driving Success

02/19/2013 - Although its intended audience is primarily senior corporate executives and board members, this book also makes an excellent how-to manual for any security manager.
Book Reviews: Privacy

The Privacy Advocates: Resisting the Spread of Surveillance

02/19/2013 - This academic work frames the problem of excessive surveillance and describes threats to privacy.
Book Reviews: Risk Management

Risk Analysis and the Security Survey, Fourth Edition

12/19/2012 - Written in two parts, the book takes the reader beyond merely conducting the risk analysis in part one to what happens should preparedness fail.
Book Reviews: Terrorism

Terrorist Financing, Money Laundering, and Tax Evasion

12/19/2012 - This book covers a crucial element in the worldwide battle against terror and provides an academic viewpoint of many of the issues surrounding the ability to quantitatively measure the performance of financial intelligence units.
Book Reviews: Financial Markets

Digging for Disclosure: Tactics for Protecting Your Firm’s Assets from Swindlers, Scammers, and Imposters

12/19/2012 - The authors have written a most interesting and useful book with a fresh look at an old problem.
Book Reviews: Cybercrime

Cyber Warfare: Techniques, Tactics, and Tools for Security Practitioners

12/18/2012 - Apparently aimed at a military audience, this book offers concepts and examples largely from the U.S. military.
Book Reviews: Terrorism

Eco-Warriors, Nihilistic Terrorists and the Environment

12/18/2012 - All in all, this book has some merits. It gives a comprehensive view of the current status of terrorism and presents some stimulating thoughts and ideas.
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