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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest 50 cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the Ferguson effect": Since the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, officers have been backing off of proactive policing, and criminals are
...6) Self-defense
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Providing a self-defense system that actually works in the real world, this action-packed guide to avoiding attacks, neutralizing attackers and protecting yourself and your loved ones helps you to sharpen your instincts and respond proactively to impending danger, master hand-to-hand combat basics and more.
Author
Series
Real pigeons volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's a bird! It's ... another bird? Well, actually it's a whole flock of crime-fighting pigeons! The hilarity continues in this reluctant-reader favorite, perfect for fans of BAD GUYS and DOG MAN.
With the Real Pigeons World Wild Network, more pigeons are fighting crime than ever before! But that doesn't mean the squad can rest. There are still thieves to catch and endangered birds to protect! But what will the Real Pigeons do when they find a traitor...
Author
Series
Real pigeons volume 2
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A group of crime-fighting birds-who are also best friends-must stick together to protect the city from an evil ostrich and other dangers"--
10) Not all heroes
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Moving halfway across the country did not help eleven-year-old Zinnia deal with her little brother's death, but joining her neighbors and aunt as a Real Life Super Hero does that and more.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Bill Bratton became a Boston street cop after returning from serving in Vietnam, he was dismayed by the corrupt old guard , and it is fair to say the old guard was dismayed by him too. But his success fighting crime could not be denied. Propelled by extraordinary results, Bratton had a dazzling rise, and ultimately a dazzling career, becoming the most famous police commissioner of modern times. The Profession is the story of that career in full....
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In the United States today, one in every 31 adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African American men. How did the "land of the free" become the home of the world's largest prison system? Challenging the belief that America's prison problem originated with the Reagan administration's War on Drugs, Elizabeth Hinton traces the rise of mass incarceration to an ironic source: the social welfare programs of Lyndon Johnson's...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A dramatic narrative account of the life of William Juneboy Outlaw III, whose journey from housing-project youth to ruthless gangland kingpin to change-making community advocate represents a vital next chapter in the ongoing conversation about race and social justice in America"--
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As Lu waits in the rain after school, many people offer to take her home but she will only go with someone on the list of those allowed to pick her up. Includes resources for adults and a form for the reader to make his or her own list, with a parent or guardian's help.
Author
Publisher
YMAA Publication Center
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This is a book about presenting the concepts of situational awareness to children in a way that will keep them engaged and help them take an active role in their own personal security. It will show you how to use fun, interactive games to build situational awareness skills such as: how children can identify and understand normal environmental behaviors; how children can spot abnormal behaviors within their given environment; how to give children a...
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