Tag: Policing

Free Download Teela Sanders, "Policing the Sex Industry: Protection, Paternalism and Politics "
English | ISBN: 1138716626 | 2017 | 178 pages | EPUB | 367 KB
The exponential growth of sexual commerce, migration and movement of people into the sex industry, as well as localised concerns about transactional sex, are key areas of interest across the urban west. Given the complex regulatory frameworks under-which the sex industry manifests, the role of the police is significant.

Free Download Spencer Headworth, "Policing Welfare: Punitive Adversarialism in Public Assistance"
English | ISBN: 022677936X | 2021 | 303 pages | EPUB | 640 KB
Means-tested government assistance in the United States requires recipients to meet certain criteria and continue to maintain their eligibility so that benefits are paid to the "truly needy." Welfare is regarded with such suspicion in this country that considerable resources are spent policing the boundaries of eligibility, which are delineated by an often confusing and baroque set of rules and regulations. Even minor infractions of the many rules can cause people to be dropped from these programs, and possibly face criminal prosecution. In this book, Spencer Headworth offers the first study of the structure of fraud control in the welfare system by examining the relations between different levels of governmental agencies, from federal to local, and their enforcement practices.

Free Download Rogues’ Gallery: The Birth of Modern Policing and Organized Crime in Gilded Age New York by John Oller
English | September 21, 2021 | ISBN: 1524745650 | 528 pages | PDF | 31 Mb
From the beginnings of big-city police work to the rise of the Mafia, Rogues’ Gallery is a colorful and captivating history of crime and punishment in the bustling streets of Old New York.