New Releases by Craig Hughes

Evidence-based policing is a core part of the National Policing Curriculum but policing students and new officers often feel daunted by the prospect of understanding research and how to use it to inform decision making in practice. This text helps readers develop a sound understanding of evidence-based practice in policing and contextualises the research process by explaining how it supports practice within the workplace. It clearly relates research to the investigative process, combining academic theory and operational understanding using relevant case studies and scenarios, and identifies the main approaches employed. It explores how evidence from research can be used to inform and develop critical arguments central to policing practice and signposts students to key sources of information. The Professional Policing Curriculum in Practice is a new series of books that match the requirements of the new pre-join policing qualifications. The texts reflect modern policing, are up-to-date and relevant, and grounded in practice. They reflect the challenges faced by new students, linking theory to real-life operational practice, while addressing critical thinking and other academic skills needed for degree-level study.

Intelligence-led Policing clearly explains the distinction between information and intelligence, and discusses how to gather, analyse and utilise intelligence to inform decision making in practice. It relates all areas of intelligence within the investigative process and contextualises its use in line with the National Intelligence Model (NIM) as part of routine working practice. It develops a knowledge base by identifying six tiers of policing intelligence architecture, exploring the concept of intelligence as it applies to strategic, tactical and practice levels of operational policing. A great mix of theory and practice to help students explore how information can become useful intelligence including the process through which it goes and the importance of intervention points. The Professional Policing Curriculum in Practice is a new series of books that match the requirements of the new pre-join policing qualifications. The texts reflect modern policing, are up-to-date and relevant, and grounded in practice. They reflect the challenges faced by new students, linking theory to real-life operational practice, while addressing critical thinking and other academic skills needed for degree-level study.

This book critically analyses the conceptual understanding of financial investigation and financial intelligence among UK law enforcement authorities and their commentators. The work provides a critical review of financial investigation, including international standards, and how it is perceived and applied by law enforcement agencies. It adopts the position that financial investigation is an evidence-gathering process and not simply related to asset recovery. Here, the concept of “following the money” is superseded by the wider approach of “following the financial footprint” by generalist and specialist investigators and analysts. The book focuses on identifying the financial footprint as a skill set for routine investigation application inclusive of the emerging threat posed by the digital environment, including cryptocurrencies. It assesses the terminology, typologies and structures associated with the subject area at the national and international levels. It also examines the historical trajectory of financial investigation to understand current perceptions of it within law enforcement, among government ministers and policy makers. The book will be of interest to students, academics and policy makers internationally working in the areas of criminal law, criminology and finance.

Teleporters kill. No two ways about it. They'll rip you apart and build a new you somewhere else, and that new you will believe they're you, but, fact is, you're dead. Some say the dead go to Heaven, but what happens if you die again and again? How many people can Heaven hold if the same people keep on dying? Now Gregory Corman has finally perfected human teleportation, he's about to find out.

The first edition of Sterile Processing, Invisible Culture was an instant hit among techs, as it peered behind the scenes into the hidden world of a healthcare career that has long been past due to receive its well-deserved recognition. Sterile processing techs the world over have been wondering why, even in the 21st century, with robotic and laparoscopic instruments taking center stage in the surgical theater, the average lay person STILL has no idea who is responsible for preparing all of the high-tech gadgetry used in surgery or even how it is prepared. For decades the job of cleaning and sterilizing medical instruments has been so "invisible" as to almost seem like some type of covert operation. Well it is not! Sterile Processing is a legitimate career utilizing elite members of surgical teams from all around the world to make surgeries safe for every patient who goes under the knife. Sterile Processing, Invisible Culture "Reprocessed" exposes this ever-expanding career from the inside out, just as the original version did but without the photos and personal names that some readers found offensive and unwarranted.

A unique addition to any outdoor adventure reader's collection, Biking and Kayaking through Tribal Florida is one part documentary/ one part Florida outdoors/ one part mystery. The author has gone through great lengths to test his ideas and theories, and the end result is a collection of thoughts that will leave the reader thirsty for more information. Some may feel a need to go out and buy their own bike and kayak just to continue in the investigation. Others' curiosity will be piqued to the point of re-reading Florida history to see if they missed something in school. No matter what the outcome, everyone will enjoy reading Biking and Kayaking through Tribal Florida. All photos are in Full Color!

Using the fun, singsong rhythms of meter and rhyme, Jump Ship Jonah retells the biblical account of this colorful character and his struggle with obedience. From ship to whale to Ninevah, the story is accompanied with beautiful yet childlike paintings in vibrant watercolor to help bring the story alive in the imaginations of children. The illustrations in Jump Ship Jonah were created to help children identify with Jonah on his exciting adventure. His youthful features, a whimsical whale, and lively landscapes combine to make a fun setting for the story. There are lessons to be learned from Jump Ship Jonah about attitudes of selfishness and obedience. The book is designed to be read to a child, with an adult adding lighthearted commentary as desired. Jump Ship Jonah is the first in a series of Bible-based "rhyme time" picture books developed to whet the appetities of children ages 3-7 to read the biblical accounts for themselves when they reach the appropriate level. The witty story telling of this timeless tale will surely be revisited multiple times by young and old alike.

"The college years" represent significant life change as students expand social networks, acquire knowledge, and establish new lifestyle patterns in living spaces filled with new and old "things." This research explores the roles of important objects for college students as they navigate this transition and curate their new living environments. In-depth interviews with college students (ages 19-23) and visual analysis of dorm rooms in Omaha, NE provide insight into the roles these objects play in college life. Identifying how certain objects fade while others grow in importance contributes to an understanding of the role of material culture during this transition.

The latest lethal development in a secret war between two interplanetary superpowers, Project Snipe is an elite task-force chosen to test an experimental weapon designed to give the PPB Navy a decisive advantage against their fierce rivals, the Sovereign's intimidating Black Fleet.Miranda Jowett, leader of Project Snipe and captain of the infamous pirate hunter, "Savatara," has her own ideas about testing the weapon, and now her ship - known to pirates as the "Savage Terror" - has gone rogue. Fixated on hunting and destroying as many Black Fleet craft as she can, Jowett's obsession is making her powerful enemies on both sides of the conflict.Caught in the firing line is Glen Rothgill, after joining the military in peacetime only to discover that peacetime is a lie, he finds himself pulled into the grim and brutal race to stop the Savatara's deadly campaign.

This book shows how to use honey, apples, pears and garden fruits to make alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks that you can enjoy throughout the year.

With two interplanetary superpowers engaged in a secret war, an audacious conspiracy threatens to tip the balance of power between them. An unsolved series of ruthless attacks could lead to the creation of a vigilante army and push the climate of political paranoia into a dangerous new phase, turning covert war into open conflict. Tasked to investigate by no less than the Sovereign himself, war correspondent Linc Bostrom must find out who is behind these bold and deadly attacks, and discover if they are motivated by old fashioned greed, or a more sinister desire to turn up the heat under a cold war.

Taste your own fresh eggs; jar your first batch of honey; spread your own strawberry jam on your toast - and have some to exchange with your neighbours, or sell from your stall in the farmer's market. More and more people want to acquire a set of new skills or build on their existing knowledge of the wide range of traditional cottage industries and country crafts. And more people than ever are also relocating to the countryside in search of a relaxed and locally-aware way of life. If you aspire to live a simpler, more sustainable and self- sufficient life, this book is for you. You too can live well, have fun and generate some income at the same time, whatever your background or current ability. The authors show you how to gain a practical knowledge of: livestock - keeping your own bees, goats, and chickens; plants - growing your own herbs, soft fruit, and flowers for cutting; food and drink - producing your own cheese, sweet preserves, cider and mead; crafts - making your own dyed fabrics, soaps and chicken coops. The book also features a case study of an expert in each field, who not only lives the good life in different areas of the uk, but has also developed a successful business enterprise from their own particular craft or skill. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Livestock; 1. Keeping Chickens; 2. Keeping Goats; 3. Keeping Bees; Part 2 Plants; 4. Growing Herbs; 5. Growing Soft Fruit; 6. Growing Flowers for Cutting; Part 3 Food and Drink; 7. Making Cheese; 8. Making Sweet Preserves; 9. Making Cider and Mead; 10. Building Chicken Coops; 11. Making Soap; 12. Dyeing; 13. Things You Need to Know; 14. Sharing and Selling Your Product; Further Reading; Useful Addresses and Websites; Index.

Now, more than ever before, is the time to keep honey bees. Taking you through the beekeepers year this book covers all the essential requirements for small-scale beekeeping and considers the advantages for urban bees over their country living relations as well as giving advice on bees and children, neighbors and pets. It covers where and how to buy bees, transportation, legal issues, positioning the hive, planning the arrival, routine and management, cleaning the hive, swarming, equipment, health and safety, security, training, resources set up and running costs as well as collecting and producing honey, beeswax, candles, soap and other by-products.

In ¿Wind(s) from below: Radical Community Organizing to Make a Revolution Possible,¿ we address current organizing in the U.S. in context of the class decomposition of recent decades. Following the years of fire we find ourselves circulating through winds and whirlwinds, which are struggling to intensify and connect amongst historically-specific forms of repression, infusion and capitulation. Through an inquiry into and analysis of contemporary social struggles, we argue that the social field is populated with a rich set of organizational possibilities, all of which are potential and becoming. We argue for a renewed emphasis on radical community organizing that challenges the non-profit industrial complex, professionalized organizing, the limitations of the Alinsky model and urban-centrism. In their place we seek to amplify struggles that form through the substance of our own lives and our own reproduction, continuing into creating concrete mechanisms and procedures, and ending with the importance of becoming-other and becoming-revolutionary to build movements. It is through these movements that we build a new world, one in which many worlds fit.