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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert L Snow |
| ISBN: | 9780275993344 0275993345 |
| OCLC Number: | 123485405 |
| Description: | xi, 188 p. ; 24 cm. |
| 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. |
| Other Titles: | Technology & law enforcement From gumshoe to gamma rays |
| Responsibility: | Robert L. Snow ; foreword by Raymond E. Foster. |
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<p>"Advances in technology have provided assistance to society in numerous ways. The same is true in the field of law enforcement. Snow provides an overview of police-related technological advances in a concise yet descriptive and interesting manner that includes real-life examples and firsthand anecdotes....the author addresses modern-day police technology beginning with academy training and progressing through police vehicles, dispatch, uniformed officers, and detectives. He also discusses modern-day SWAT and bomb squads, lie detection, fingerprinting, DNA, and the wide-scale use of computers. Snow concludes by praising the importance of technology in policing while also suggesting that great care must be taken to avoid abuse and infringements to constitutional rights. In summary, while the passing of time may diminish this work's value, given the constant advances in technology, at present it is a good addition to libraries needing an overview of current technology in law enforcement. Recommended. General readers, lower- and upper-division undergraduates, two-year technical programs, and professionals/practitioners." - <p>Choice Read more...