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Introduction to Security
Robert Fischer
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 0750676000
Coming soon! 10/1/2003
Introduction to Security, Seventh Edtion upholds the classic's tradition of presenting the latest in security issues from security equipment and procedures to security management theory. This new edition has been updated to reflect the industry changes since the 9-11 World Trade Center attacks including new sections on terrorism as they relate to: cargo and travel security, potential areas of attack and target hardening techniques, security for utility companies, and the controversy surrounding the use of current technologies and electronic data bases to screen citizens and employees....

Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention
Lawrence Fennelly
Price: $79.95
ISBN: 0750674539
Coming soon! 9/15/2003
This complete volume brings together the expertise of more than forty security and crime prevention experts. The latest edition of the Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention continues to be the most comprehensive reference of its kind, covering the latest information on every topic from community-oriented policing to physical security, workplace violence, CCTV, information security, homeland security, and a host of specialty areas.

Rethinking Corporate Security in the Post 9-11 Era
Issues and Strategies for Today's Global Business Community
Dennis Dalton
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 0750676140
Coming soon! 6/13/2003
In Rethinking Corporate Security, Fortune 500 consultant Dennis Dalton helps security directors, CEOs, and business managers understand the fundamental role of security in today's business environment and outlines the steps to protect against corporate loss. He draws on the insights of such leaders as Jack Welch, Bill Gates, Charles Schwab, and Tom Peters in this unique review of security’s evolving role in corporate America and the development of a new management paradigm.

Introduction to Emergency Management
George Haddow
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 0750676892
Coming soon! 5/30/2003
Introduction to Emergency Management is a practical reference for students and professionals covering disaster response planning and mitigation. The book details the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Response Plan (FRP), and the roles, responsibilities, and interrelationship between FEMA and state and local emergency management systems. It also covers the changes in emergency management since the events of September 11, 2001, the latest information on the Office of Homeland Security, and several detailed appendices.

High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety
Geoff Craighead
Price: $79.95
ISBN: 0750674555
Published: 3/15/2003
High Rise Security and Fire Life Safety is a valuable reference which will provide the reader with all the knowledge needed to manage security and fire life safety in a high rise facility. This includes conducting security and fire life safety surveys, effectively managing security programs, and preparing for high-rise emergencies.

The Manager's Handbook for Corporate Security
Establishing and Managing a Successful Assets Protection Program
Gerald Kovacich
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 0750674873
Published: 3/7/2003
Corporate security programs once focused on the protection of assets by physical security means alone. Today’s corporations require a state-of-the-art protection program - one that integrates physical security processes and functions with those of information security, merger and acquisitions security, emergency/contingency planning, executive protection, personnel security, event security, and many other security processes. Security executives must understand how to bring these elements together to meet company objectives and succeed in today’s global business environment The Manager’s Handbook for Corporate Security covers more than just the fundamental elements that are required to protect people, property, and facilities....

CCTV for Security Professionals
Alan Matchett
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 0750673036
Published: 12/23/2002
CCTV for Security Professionals provides the information necessary to design the ideal CCTV system. The chapters are stand-alone sources of information on their subjects, which are presented in logical sequence to guide the reader from basic principles to a complete system. In his straightforward and informative text, Alan Matchett approaches the camera systems from the user’s point of view, providing the security manager with the knowledge to discuss the system, its desired features, and the areas of design concern within the context of an organization’s business model. This can prove to be invaluable when evaluating an existing system, the use and components of a given system, or in evaluating a system design proposed by a vendor.

Investigative Data Mining for Security and Criminal Detection
Jesus Mena
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 0750676132
Published: 12/16/2002
This important new book shows how to use data mining and artificial intelligence tools to "mine" public records and reveal digital clues in commercial and private databases and networks. Investigative Data Mining for Security and Criminal Detection introduces security professionals, law enforcement analysts, and criminal investigators to the use of data mining tools to detect potential threats and combat fraud, terrorism, and other types of crime. It explains such technologies as intelligent agents, link analysis, text mining, decision trees, self-organizing maps, machine learning, and neural networks. Conceptual systems and case studies are provided throughout the book to demonstrate how these technologies can be used in real-life situations.

The Security Handbook
Philip Purpura
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 0750674385
Published: 11/15/2002
The Security Handbook, Second Edition is a user-friendly reference for security officers and security guards. Whether you’re looking for entry into the profession or development within the security industry, this book offers the practical information and need-to-know techniques for the realization of your goals. Among the many topics covered are: Arrest law and procedure, (including your legal liability), Self-defense and weapons, Medical emergencies, and Career planning. Updated and "Internet friendly," The Security Handbook, Second Edition is one of the most comprehensive resources available for use in studying for the Certified Protection Officer (C.P.O.) and Certified Protection Professionals (C.P.P.) national exams.

Security and Loss Prevention
An Introduction
Philip Purpura
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 0750674377
Published: 3/25/2002
Security and Loss Prevention is designed to provide security students and professionals with an introduction to loss prevention concepts and security program implementation. Functioning as a bridge between physical security and computer security, the Fourth Edition is completely updated with entirely new sections covering: Information Technology as it relates to Physical Security, the Business and Careers of Security and Loss Prevention, Risk Analysis, E-business Loss Prevention, and the new OSHA standards. In addition, Web resources, Security Association coverage, and industry links are included throughout. Topics such as school security, Internet and e-commerce security, as well as trends in the criminal justice system are presented in a well-written, thoughtful manner....

Contemporary Security Management
John Fay
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 0750672714
Published: 11/20/2001
Contemporary Security Management is hands-down the most comprehensive and up-to-date security management book available. It serves as an indispensable working tool for students and security professionals at all levels of experience. It is designed to provide the hard facts on modern practices to efficiently and effectively run a security department and covers such vital topics as: leadership in managment, employee relations, risk management and mitigation, terrorism, information security, access control, investigations, substance abuse, workplace violence and emergency management....

The Process of Investigation
Charles Sennewald
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 0750673990
Published: 6/5/2001
The field of professional investigation has long been considered the private domain of the public sector. Members of private enforcement agencies have been overlooked in recent books in favor of their public counterparts. With professionalism making a new era in private security, the author feels it's time to draw the line and clearly define the private sector as an individual investigative arm. The Process of Investigation, Second Edition, zeroes in on the specific areas of concern to the private investigator. The new edition covers a wide range of subjects such as the fundamentals of investigation, legal aspects, orgainzational objectives and strategies....

Security Operations Management
Robert McCrie
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 0750670878
Published: 3/16/2001
Security Operations Management takes concepts from business administration and criminal justice schools and incorporates them into the world of security management. It is comprehensive text focused on theoretical and research-oriented overviews of the core principles of security management. The book includes critical issues faced by real-life security practitioners and explores how they were resolved.

Hospital and Healthcare Security
Russell Colling
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 0750698926
Published: 2/28/2001
Hospital and Healthcare Security, Fourth edition, is a complete resource for healthcare protection planning and programming. The book offers thorough and fully updated coverage of the primary health and security issues hospitals and healthcare agencies face including infant protection and security, animal and research laboratory security, hospital watch programs, and the relationship between hospital security and law enforcement. Written primarily for use by the healthcare protection administrator, it also serves as a reference for any hospital security officer, supervisor or administrator. This book presents a complex and diverse security focus in a readable and understandable format.

Applied Crime Analysis
Karim Vellani
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 0750672951
Published: 1/18/2001
Applied Crime Analysis covers all aspects of crime analysis for private sector businesses including examining the frequency of crimes, the nature of these crimes, the day and time of the incident, the risk to a property and its inhabitants, and the objective analysis of preventative security measures in place. Applied Crime Analysis compares data sources used in conducting crime analysis and explores ways to organize statistical data, crime analysis methodologies, crime prevention theories, and methods of determining patterns and trends. By explaining the significance of crime statistics relative to crime prevention theory and techniques, the book provides readers with a clear, strategic plan to implement crime prevention programs and security resources.

Netspionage
The Global Threat to Information
William C. Boni
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 0750672579
Published: 9/11/2000
At the end of the 20th century it has become clear that the key asset that provides competitive advantage to an organization is the total array of knowledge and information available to it. Increasingly, the knowledge and sensitive proprietary information are generated processed, stored, transmitted and obtained via networks and computer systems. "Netspionage" as described in the title is defined as network enabled espionage, and in our information systems world, it is an exciting way of looking extending the old practice of competitive intelligence gathering. This new, computerized and information-dependent world is heavily dependent on the web, networks, and software technology....

The Drug Free Workplace
How to Get There and Stay There
John Fay
Price: $44.95
ISBN: 0750671874
Published: 12/20/1999
This is a no-nonsense, practical book for helping organizations rid their workplaces of drug abuse and its serious and costly consequences. The book draws upon the collective experiences of hundreds of organizations that have said "no more, not here" and have grown stronger as a result. The path to a drug-free working environment is straight but narrow. The Drug-Free Workplace: How to Get There and Stay There delineates the path, always with a view toward avoiding missteps that can lead to trouble. Bringing a workplace back to safety and profitability is a collaborative and multi-disciplinary effort. Participation necessarily involves professionals from security, safety, human resources, and health. Central to the effort is an enlightened management....

High-Technology-Crime Investigator's Handbook
Working in the Global Information Environment
Gerald Kovacich
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 075067086X
Published: 9/10/1999
High Technology Crime Investigator's Handbook comes at a time when high technology crime is growing at a rapid pace, and private and public law enforcement are struggling to keep up. It will inform readers about the potential of high tech crimes, in addition to the resources that are available to combat them. It fully covers the management of a high tech investigation unit. Criminals today are often better equipped than the agencies responsible for stopping them. Federal, state, county, and local law enforcement agencies and civilian investigative organizations lag far behind in their procurement and use of high technology equipment, and methods of conducting technology-related investigations.

I-Way Robbery
Crime on the Internet
William C. Boni
Price: $41.95
ISBN: 0750670290
Published: 5/18/1999
I-Way Robbery is for security, investigative, law enforcement, and other criminal justice professionals, offering a unique look at the Internet as the new crime environment for the 21st century. The book provides an overview of the Internet, its impact on nations, societies, criminals, security officers, and law enforcement professionals, and includes recommended basic, protective measures. I-Way Robbery is written in non-technical terms. It is also an excellent reference for business and government agency managers who must understand their responsibilities as they relate to asset protection - especially those who have on and off ramps connected to the I-Way. Boni and Kovacich start with the basics and teach users about the internet before teaching them about the security risks....

The Information Systems Security Officer's Guide
Establishing and Managing an Information Protection Program
Gerald Kovacich
Price: $41.95
ISBN: 0750698969
Published: 5/4/1998
The information systems security (infosec) profession is one of the fastest growing professions today, which has caused an ever-increasing need and demand for training of security professionals. With the advent of email and the Internet and their wide uses as methods of conducting business, a growing amount of emphasis is being placed on infosec. This valuable guide presents a straight-forward business approach to the topics needed for the infosec professional. Covering a broad range of topics, beginning with defining the position of the information systems security officer (ISSO), to establishing and managing an infosec program, the author writes from over 14 years of research and experience. Each chapter ends with thought-provoking questions for use by the instructor.

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Death Penalty Cases
Barry Latzer
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 0750675942
Published: 11/15/2002
Death Penalty Cases provides an unbiased collection of seminal death penalty cases in the United States. It offers full but carefully edited excerpts from 25 different US Supreme Court cases along with helpful introductory materials specially prepared by the editor. It also includes the latest statistical data on capital punishment [and a useful sampling of death penalty statutes]. Together, this material is invaluable for a full understanding of this fascinating subject.

Women in Public and Private Law Enforcement
Pamela A. Collins
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 0750671157
Published: 11/5/2001
Women in Public and Private Law Enforcement is the most comprehensive examination of women in law enforcement to date. It is intended for academicians and students of sociology, criminal justice, psychology, police science, and loss prevention and can be used as a resource on women in non-traditional occupations. It is also intended for professionals in the field to apprize them of contemporary issues and serve as a reference to guide policy and procedure development.

The Juvenile Justice System
Law and Practice
Mary Clement
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 0750673532
Published: 7/24/2001
Juvenile Justice System: Law and Process is an introduction to the procedures and law of the entire juvenile system, civil and criminal. It bridges the gap between introductory juvenile delinquency texts and law school case-texts. This book illustrates the inner workings of the juvenile justice system with authentic case law, research, and behavioural sciences theory. Readers will see children through the eyes of parents, police, social workers, defending attorneys, prosecuting attorneys, judges, and others who impact upon the child in his or her journey through the system. Since each state has created its own juvenile justice system, the book provides a detailed overview of some of the ranging differences nationally and makes order of what is a very decentralized system.

Understanding Crime Prevention
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 075067220X
Published: 4/12/2001
Understanding Crime Prevention, Second Edition is a revamping of a popular classic written by NCPI, the primary training school for crime prevention officers in the country. It is a basic introduction to the concepts of crime prevention and security techniques and equipment which aid the crime prevention effort. The fundamental material has been updated with current and contemporary examples.

Criminal Investigation
Law and Practice
Michael F. Brown
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 0750673524
Published: 3/27/2001
This textbook provides students and law enforcement officers with the fundamentals of the criminal investigation process, from arrival on the scene to trial procedures. Written in a clear and simple style, Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice surpasses traditional texts by presenting a unique combination of legal, technical, and procedural aspects of the criminal investigation. The hands-on approach taken by the author helps to increase the learning experience.

Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice
A Primer
M. L. Dantzker
Price: $44.95
ISBN: 0750699515
Published: 2/3/2000
Research should be enjoyable - whether it is a college student completing a project for a degree or a professor meeting requirements or expectations associated with his or her position. Learning the basics for conducting research is the first step. This text is a reader-friendly primer which has as its strength the facility to positively and gently ease the reader into the task of conducting research. Each chapter begins with a vignette, describing a hypothetical situation in which students might find themselves. By chapter's end, students should be equipped with the knowledge on how to address the confusion or problem presented in the appropriate scenario....

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Information Assurance
Managing Organizational IT Security Risks
Joseph Boyce
Price: $44.95
ISBN: 0750673273
Published: 6/3/2002
Written by two INFOSEC experts, this book provides a systematic and practical approach for establishing, managing and operating a comprehensive Information Assurance program. It is designed to provide ISSO managers, security managers, and INFOSEC professionals with an understanding of the essential issues required to develop and apply a targeted information security posture to both public and private corporations and government run agencies. There is a growing concern among all corporations and within the security industry to come up with new approaches to measure an organization's information security risks and posture....

Information Security Best Practices
205 Basic Rules
George L Stefanek
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 1878707965
Published: 3/19/2002
Protecting computer networks and their client computers against willful (or accidental) attacks is a growing concern for organizations and their information technology managers. This book draws upon the author’s years of experience in computer security to describe a set of over 200 “rules” designed to enhance the security of a computer network (and its data) and to allow quick detection of an attack and development of effective defensive responses to attacks. Both novice and experienced network administrators will find this book an essential part of their professional “tool kit.” It is also essential reading for a corporate or organization manager who needs a solid understanding of the issues involved in computer security....

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Effective Retail Security
Protecting the Bottom Line
Denny van Maanenberg
Price: $54.95
ISBN: 0750689234
Published: 12/27/1995
Effective Retail Security addresses the needs of both the student and the retail markets by being written in an accessible style outlining the dangers of retail loss, the opportunities and psychology that encourage it, and the strategies for eliminating it.