Give children an in-depth look at what a career as a police officer is like. With this informative nonfiction title, readers will learn about various aspects of life as a police officer--from being accepted into the academy to keeping streets safe. Readers will learn what a typical day in the police academy is like as well as a day in the field as an officer. Through Time For Kids© content, helpful charts and diagrams, and colorful images in conjunction...

Michael has been getting into trouble lately. As a consequence, his mom is making him look after his grandfather for the summer. The thing is, Gramps isn't your average senior citizen: he's a retired burglar with a lifetime of criminal knowledge. When a thief breaks into Gramps' apartment and steals a necklace with great sentimental value, the unlikely pair team up, combining old-school planning and modern tech to track down the necklace-and try...

Each Origins: Whodunnit: Organized Crime eShort is a single chapter from the full Origins: Whodunnit: Organized Crime title, packaged as a mini eBook. Origins: Whodunnit: Organized Crime eShorts include The Red Mafia, Triads, The Japanese Yakuza, and The Italian Mafia.

Criminal trials become famous for a variety of reasons. In the 1920s the Sacco and Vanzetti trial and execution prompted demonstrations and violent riots around the globe and divided opinion in the U.S. The kidnapping of the son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh in the 1930s similarly caused outrage and horror and led to the passing of the Federal Kidnapping Act. As for the trials of Dr. Sam Sheppard in the 1950s, it was the weakness of his alibi...

The U.S. prison system is the largest and most innovative in the world. It boasts some of the most technologically advanced prisons in existence, meeting the highest standards in security. Inside these vast, specialized structures, containing thousands of inmates, highly trained corrections officers use technology to anticipate outbreaks of violence and to prevent riots and escape attempts. The tightly regulated prison system relies on many professionals....

The Tenth Amendment says that the powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution belong to the individual states and their residents and cannot be taken away from them. Like the Ninth Amendment, the Tenth Amendment's wording is vague and abstract and often debated, especially when applied to such important contemporary issues as the drinking age, gun ownership, health care, environmental standards, and controlled substances. Through...

Determined to beat the odds, professional thieves spend their lives figuring out ingenious ways to steal other people's possessions. In ROBBERS! you'll uncover the dirt on eight cunning master thieves, including: • Master-of-disguise Willie Sutton, who robbed banks in costume • D. B. Cooper, who hijacked a plane, demanded $200,000, and parachuted to safety • London's Great Train Robbers, who held up a moving train to pull off one of the largest...

Each Origins: Whodunnit: Law Enforcement eShort is a single chapter from the full Origins: Whodunnit: Law Enforcement title, packaged as a mini eBook. Origins: Whodunnit: Law Enforcement eShorts include Beat Cops, The Texas Rangers, The Secret Service, and Federal Marshals.

Los tres instrumentos de la muerte: El padre Brown es convocado para investigar el asesinato del anciano más alegre de Londres. La Clave N.º 2: El mundo del espionaje inglés depende de la súper secreta Clave N.º 2, que ha caído en manos de un traidor.

One of the oldest federal agencies, the Federal Bureau of Investigations has evolved over the last hundred years to become the Department of Justice's main law enforcement agency. This book explores its history, agents, law enforcement reach, and role as part of the American intelligence community, as well as the public storms weathered by the 'Bureau.' Students will learn about the FBI's earliest days in the late 18 - Eighth Grade90s to the wild...