Forthcoming Security Services Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Power, National Security, and Transformational Global Events

   Challenges Confronting America, China, and Iran

   Edited by Thomas A. Johnson

   As the United States struggled to survive the recent recession, China quietly acquired a vast amount of U.S. Treasury bills and bonds. With China now holding so much of America’s debt, currency valuation issues have already caused tensions between the two superpowers. Couple this with Iran’s...

   To Be Published June 17th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Financial Crimes

   A Threat to Global Security

   Edited by Maximillian Edelbacher, Peter Kratcoski, Michael Theil

   Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

   Financial market reform has focused chiefly on the threats to stability arising from the risky, uncontrolled activity of the leaders of financial institutions. Nevertheless, organized crime, white-collar crime, and corruption have a huge impact on financial systems worldwide and must also be...

   To Be Published June 19th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Protection, Security, and Safeguards

   Practical Approaches and Perspectives, Second Edition

   Edited by Dale L. June

   The rapid growth and changes in the protection and security fields in the last 12 years have made a new edition of this book necessary and timely. This was one of the first books to address the emerging issues in protection and security in the first part of this decade. New chapters in the second...

   To Be Published August 15th 2012 by CRC Press
4. General Aviation Security

   Aircraft, Hangars, Fixed-Base Operations, Flight Schools, and Airports

   By Daniel J. Benny

   This book is a comprehensive source of information on the protection of general aircraft, hangers, fixed base operations, flight schools, and airports. Addressing all aspects of flight-related security, it supplies guidance to a wide range of aviation professionals. Dr. Daniel J. Berry was...

   To Be Published August 22nd 2012 by CRC Press
5. Introduction to Surveillance Studies

   By J.K. Petersen

   This book presents the history of surveillance technologies, the historical and present-day rationale for surveillance, and current information on the issues surrounding them. The book provides a means to examine some of the emerging technologies—including GIS, GPS devices, Google Maps,...

   To Be Published September 30th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Policing Tourism, Migration, Human Trafficking, and Terrorism

   Edited by S. Caroline Taylor, Daniel Joseph Torpy, Dilip K. Das

   This book builds on the tradition of previous volumes produced from annual International Police Executive Symposium (IPES) meetings. Three sections highlight the themes of tourism; trafficking; strategic locations and public events; and illegal migration. A feature of this book is its commitment to...

   To Be Published October 2nd 2012 by CRC Press
7. Concepts and Case Studies in Threat Management

   By Frederick S. Calhoun, Stephen W. Weston, J.D.

   Identifying several concepts essential to the practice and profession of threat management, this volume illustrates these concepts with detailed real-life case studies. It also presents a glossary of terms, a joint effort between the authors and researchers at the University of Nebraska's Public...

   To Be Published October 9th 2012 by CRC Press
8. Introduction to Transportation Security

   By Frances L. Edwards, Daniel C. Goodrich

   This book addresses the challenges of developing a comprehensive security program in the interrelated environment of emergency management, continuity of operations, continuity of business, and supply chain management. It provides a theoretical framework for the operationalization of transportation...

   To Be Published October 17th 2012 by CRC Press
9. Catastrophic Impact and Loss

   The Capstone of Impact Assessment

   By Kevin D. Burton

   Providing a true understanding of what it is to be "in harm’s way", this important book details the loss and impact that both public and private enterprise must be prepared for. It also offers a means to measure impact events and communicate mission, objectives, and goals. Emphasizing forward...

   To Be Published October 28th 2012 by CRC Press
10. Natural Hazard Mitigation

    Edited by Alessandra Jerolleman, John J. Kiefer

    Focusing on hazard mitigation from a practical perspective, this book provides guidance on the implementation and selection of hazard mitigation projects. It facilitates a thorough understanding of the various issues involved in hazard mitigation, along with how mitigation fits in to the emergency...

    To Be Published December 2nd 2012 by CRC Press