The memoirs of Memphis, Tennessee's first civilian head of its police department and the story of his successful effort to reform the department.

A collection of true stories about grizzly and black bears in the Greater Southwest USA - Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, southern California, Chihuahua, and Sonora - from the 1820s…

A natural history of the jaguar that discusses its distribution, habitats, hunting and breeding characteristics, folklor, and the status and management of Arizona-Mexico borderland jaguars.

This book offers a fresh, comprehensive dialogue on issues that occur between the public management and information technology domains, with its focus on political issues and their effects on the…

Two key long-term energy trends are shifting the strategic balance between the United States and China, the world’s superpower rivals in the 21st century: first, a domestic boom in U.S…

This volume illustrates how international childhood researchers can use current concepts and theories into unlikely contexts exposing their limitations and helping to inform more versatile and robust lines of thinking…

This book examines and compares the transformation of rural society and economy in the US and UK during the last half-century, and explores the significance of these transformations for community…

This report identifies and assesses factors that create and perpetuate environments susceptible to insurgency, terrorism, and other extremist violence to inform military decisions on allocation of analytic and security assistance…