Fatal
Journey
by Jack Gieck "Monster!" That's the word people in Klamath
Falls, Oregon, used to describe Jesse Pratt. The would-be macho
trucker and sometime pimp was so threatening, even his own
mother was terrified of him. Obsessed with his secretary, Carrie
Love, 20, Pratt alternately charmed and stalked her. When she
resisted he forced her to accompany him on a business trip,
where he raped her, then stabbed her to death. To hide her
identity, he ran over her body with his tractor/trailer. The
provided forensic scientists with enough evidence to put him
on death row. Using meticulous analysis, gathering the tiniest
of clues, a top team of detectives put together a case against
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The United States passed
its Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, giving the public the right
to access certain government documents, in 1966. 30 years later,
the act was amended to address electronic forms of data.
The Freedom of Information
Act Guide was passed by Congress in 1966 and amended in 1974.
Based on the premise that openness in government will assist
citizens in making informed choices. FOIA creates procedures
whereby the public may obtain the records of the agencies of
the federal government. The
Federal Depository Library Program FDLP -- Established
by Congress to ensure the public has access to Government information.
Since 1813, depository libraries have safeguarded the public's
right to know by collecting, organizing, maintaining, preserving,
and assisting users with information from the Federal Government.
The FDLP provides Government information at no cost to designated
depository libraries. These depository libraries, in turn,
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impartial environment with professional assistance.
Freedom
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access to government documents and information. University
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of Missouri-Columbia
FBI
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State
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21st
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Crime Scene Investigation (CSI), DNA, Forensic, and Cold
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The
Day Ashcroft Foiled FOIA -- US Attorney General John Ashcroft
vigorously urged federal agencies to resist Freedom of Information
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Whistleblower
Resources
National
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the 3,066 counties in the US, includes a listing of county
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Capitolimpact.com --
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Lone
Star Justice
by Robert M. Utley -- Ranger history, a
group of men rarely commissioned, wore no uniforms or badge
and refused to conform to any command they didn't respect.
The Detectives: Their Toughest Cases In Their Own Words
by Peter Micheels
Witsec:
Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program by
Pete Earley, Gerald Shur
For decades no law enforcement program has been
as cloaked in controversy and mystery as the Federal Witness Protection
Program. Now, for the first time, Gerald Shur, the man credited
with the creation of WITSEC, teams with acclaimed investigative
journalist Pete Earley to tell the inside story of turncoats, crime-fighters,
killers, and ordinary human beings caught up in a life-and-death
game of deception in the name of justice.
Double
Deal: The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption, and
the Cop Who Was a Mobster by
Sam Giancana -- A provocative expos of
organized crime and its unholy alliance with world leaders,
intelligence agencies, and law enforcement, Double Deal is
a forty-year saga told with unflinching honesty by mob insider
and former chief of police Michael Corbitt. Growing up poor
and angry, Michael Corbitt fought his way up the ranks of
greasers and street gangs until he attracted the attention
of Chicago crime boss Sam Giancana, who placed him on the
Willow Springs, Illinois, police force.
Without
a Badge: Undercover in the World's Deadliest Criminal Organization by
Jerry Speziale with Mark Seal. Speziale, DEA narcotics
task force, undercover in Colombia's drug cartels.
Secret
Agents
(History Makers Series)
by Paul Thomas
Why
Crime? An Integrated Systems Theory of Antisocial Behavior
by Matthew B. Robinson -- Explains why some people are more prone
to antisocial behavior than others. Risk factors that increase
the probability of antisocial behavior are identified, and an understanding
of what produces criminality, deliquency, and deviance. Organized
around an integrated systems perspective, the book examines six
levels of analysis, from cell to society. Relationships between
factors at each of these levels of analysis and antisocial behavior
are stated; and a new theory of antisocial behavior and criminality
is presented that combines biological, sociological, psychological,
anthropological, and economic factors. This book presents more
than 1,000 references, making it an excellent source of information
for criminologists and law enforcement professionals.
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