Technology and law enforcement : from gumshoe to gamma rays / Robert L. Snow ; foreword by Raymond E...
Technology and law enforcement : from gumshoe to gamma rays / Robert L. Snow ; foreword by Raymond E. Foster.
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Publisher
Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N363.20284/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
The birth of high-tech police work -- Training -- Vehicles -- Dispatch and communications -- Uniformed officers -- Detectives -- SWAT and bomb squad -- Lie detection -- Automated fingerprint identification -- DNA analysis -- Computers -- Some thoughts about technology.
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Publisher
Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2007.
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"Using many real-life examples and first-hand anecdotes, this book takes readers through every major branch of law enforcement and shows how technology radically changed police department operations during the last two decades. It also shows how these changes continue today as technology advances and refines techniques already in practice. Beginnin...
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Technology and law enforcement : from gumshoe to gamma rays / Robert L. Snow ; foreword by Raymond E. Foster.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N363.20284/1
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74VKRepk8kOM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRepk8kOM
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ISBN
9780275993344 (alk. paper)
DDC
363.20284
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991023294149702626