Thin Bruised Line : The Imminent Threat to Police and Public Safety
Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2010.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. Item #10112
ISBN: 1554701945
Library stamps/marks/labels, cocked, dj protector tape on covers, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket labels, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "Canada's neglected police have become a thin bruised line, and the threat to officers and public safety has never been greater." Contents: Introduction:Identity theft; Prologue: Déjà vu all over again; 1. Storm warnings; 2. Crisis in command : looking out for number one; 3. Women : you've come a long way, maybe; 4. Intruder alert : oversight versus politicization; 5. Courting disaster; 6. Taking care of business : mobsters and gangsters; 7. Lies, damn lies, and statistics : the media and racial profiling; 8. Recruitment : who ya gonna call?; 9. Breach of social contract; Epilogue: The times they are a-changin'; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index. ; Ex-Library; 320 pages.
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