CJS 100 - Intro to Criminal Justice: Books, E-books, & Articles

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Ebook Cental's collection is available to you with your single sign-in.  Here are just a few of the many titles available:

• 101 Careers in Social Work, Second Edition (2014)
• Accountability on Camera : Online Video's Effects on Police-Civilian Interactions (2013) 
• Character and Cops : Ethics in Policing (2011)
• Drug Trade, Trafficking and Policies (2011) 
• Essential Supreme Court Decisions : Summaries of Leading Cases in U.S. Constitutional Law (2014)
• From Juvenile Delinquency to Adult Crime : Criminal Careers, Justice Policy, and Prevention (2014)
• How America Got Its Guns : A History of the Gun Violence Crisis (2016)
• I Love a Cop : What Police Families Need to Know (2014)
• Policing Diversity : Determinants of White, Black, and Hispanic Attitudes toward Police (2013) 
• Policewomen Who Made History : Breaking through the Ranks (2010)
• Protecting Emergency Responders Volume 2 : Community Views of Safety and Health Risks and Personal Protection Needs (2003) 
• Social Work Practice and the Law : Becoming a Collaborative and Critically Competent Practitioner (2011)
• Speaking of Crime : The Language of Criminal Justice (2014)
• Tactical Pistol Shooting : Your Guide to Tactics that Work (2009)