Road rash and Jack meets handcuffs and street smarts.I am a wandering disaster.A hedonist, a lover, a son, and a rebel.My name is Yuma.I’m sober enough to see the need for redemption, but too blind to realize I already found it.I am an independent seeker.An overachiever, a friend, a misfit, and a cop.My name is Lissie.I’m determined enough to find acceptance, but too stubborn to see all I nee...

Based on personal experience and academic research, Tom Barker shines a light on the dark side of American policing by examining misconduct and corruption as occupational and workplace forms of deviance. Barker outlines patterns of rule breaking and criminal behavior while providing strategies for management and control. This textbook is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal justice, criminology, justice studies, sociology, and public administration.

This book presents a powerful and thorough investigation into police deviance and sexual misconduct in the US. Drawing on news reports, official government press releases and academic research sources, Barker examines a wide array of cases including sexual harassment, sexual abuse, child molestation and police killings, including those of prisoners behind bars. Substantiated with additional cases from the UK, Russia and beyond, analysis is also conducted of the experiences of the victims o...

Police violence of all types receives much attention from the media, and this is especially true for police homicides that often lead to demonstrations and protests. Police violence is a volatile, recurring social justice issue that often receives media attention, leads to demonstrations or protests and increases the tension between law enforcement agencies and the community they serve. Tom Barker examines police homicide and the different behavior patterns that lead to it, ranging from mi...

Pro Data Visualization using R and JavaScript makes the R language approachable, and promotes the idea of data gathering and analysis. You'll see how to use R to interrogate and analyze your data, and then use the D3 JavaScript library to format and display that data in an elegant, informative, and interactive way. You will learn how to gather data effectively, and also how to understand the philosophy and implementation of each type of chart, so as to be able to represent the res...

Use R 4, RStudio, Tidyverse, and Shiny to interrogate and analyze your data, and then use the D3 JavaScript library to format and display that data in an elegant, informative, and interactive way. You will learn how to gather data effectively, and also how to understand the philosophy and implementation of each type of chart, so as to be able to represent the results visually.With the popularity of the R language, the art and practice of creating data visualizations is no longer th...

From the twisted mind of New York Times bestselling writer Clive Barker comes three harrowing Hellraiser stories, collected into one giant graphic novel for the first time!**Presented in an expansive omnibus format, this collection assembles over 500 pages of richly imagined, meticulously crafted horror from the legendary Clive Barker himself, along with masterful storytellers like Brandon Seifert (Witch Doct...

This is an ethnographic collection of 12 edited talks and conversations from a conference on violence, conflict, and the world order held at Eastern Kentucky University. The conference was organized by Carole Garrison, Chair of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at EKU, who arranged for video recording and transcription of the talks and conversations. The collection is divided into two parts: domestic and global issues. Some of the topics examined include violence against women, restricti...

She still believes in happy endings. He gave up on them long ago. But one impossible assignment might rewrite both their stories.Iris Cooke writes the kind of feel-good stories people adore—heartwarming, uplifting, and always full of hope. But when she’s assigned to profile Jack Jones, a guarded millionaire with a cold reputation and no time for sentiment, she’s forced to choose between protecting her own outlook… or writing the truth.Jack doesn’t want a profile. And he def...

Maintaining secrets, credentials, and machine identities in secure ways is an important, though often overlooked, aspect of secure software development. DevOps security often addresses vulnerabilities, but it neglects broader discussions like authentication, authorization, and access control, potentially leaving the door open for breaches. That's where an identity security strategy integrated in your code, infrastructure, and environments from day one can help.In this practical boo...

In the Footsteps of the Etruscans describes the archaeology of the countryside within a ten km radius of the small town of Tuscania near Rome, throwing light on the unrecorded lives of the generations of farmers and shepherds who have lived there. What was the character of prehistoric settlement prior to Etruscan urbanization? How did urbanization shape the lives of the 'ordinary Etruscans' working the land, hardly ever addressed in Etruscan archaeology? What was the impact on these people...

The essential volume for every Hellraiser fan!Decades after introducing the world to The Hellbound Heart and bringing Hellraiser to the screen, Clive Barker returns to craft a definitive new chapter in the series’ official continuity–forever redefining the legacy of the Cenobites…and Pinhead.Presented in an expansive omnibus format, this collection assembles over 500 pages of richly imagined, meticulously crafted horror fr...