Showing a variety of situations and the techniques available for protecting oneself from assault and injury or death. Encourages viewers to avoid panic and to think of alternatives when a threatening situation arises.

The rule of law has vanished in America's criminal justice system. Prosecutors now decide whom to punish and how severely. Almost no one accused of a crime will ever face a jury. Inconsistent policing, rampant plea bargaining, overcrowded courtrooms, and ever more draconian sentencing have produced a gigantic prison population, with black citizens the primary defendants and victims of crime. In this passionately argued book, the leading criminal law...

"Explores the real-world science and engineering connections to the features of Batman's Batsuit, Utility Belt, road vehicles, and aircraft"--

Uses real-life examples to illustrate practical tips on how to handle potentially violent situations, such as muggings, robbery, and rape, in your neighborhood.

Examines police organizations, how they do their jobs around the world, and the ways they try to relate to their communities.

Presents a collection of eighteen stories and novellas written between 1954 and 1963-- including such novels as Martian Time Slip and the Hugo Award-winning The Man in the High Castle. Included here are "Autofac", a post-apocalyptic tale in which humans share the devastated Earth with the machines they have created but no longer fully control; "The mold of Yancy", a portrait of a world reduced to bland conformity by the vapid, and ubiquitous pronouncements...

"In the United States today, one in every 31 adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African American men. How did the "land of the free" become the home of the world's largest prison system? Challenging the belief that America's prison problem originated with the Reagan administration's War on Drugs, Elizabeth Hinton traces the rise of mass incarceration to an ironic source: the social welfare programs of Lyndon Johnson's...