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Technology and law enforcement : from gumshoe to gamma rays / Robert L. Snow ; foreword by Raymond E. Foster.
Van Pelt Library HV7936.E7 S56 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Snow, Robert L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--United States--Equipment and supplies.
- Law enforcement--Technological innovations--United States.
- Criminal investigation--Technological innovations--United States.
- Criminal investigation--Technological innovations.
- Criminal investigation.
- Law enforcement--Technological innovations.
- Law enforcement.
- Police.
- Equipment and supplies.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 188 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.
- Summary:
- From cars to computers, guns to gamma rays, readers are treated to an insider's view of the technology police use to solve crimes.
- Contents:
- The birth of high-tech police work
- Training
- Vehicles
- Dispatch and communications
- Uniformed officers
- Detectives
- SWAT and bomb squad
- Lie detection
- Automated fingerprint identification
- DNA analysis
- Computers
- Some thoughts about technology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-181) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780275993344
- 0275993345
- OCLC:
- 123485405
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