Regardless if you are researching a Federal agent or a local
cop, if you are writing about crime and you have a law enforcement character
you should be reading the FBI’s Law Enforcement Bulletin. This free government publication has run
since 1935 with the mission of providing current information and current issues
on law enforcement and policing research. The publication began in 1932 as a fugitive
write-up and transformed quickly into an expert written and peer reviewed
magazine addressing various issues of law enforcement, including:
* Facing
an controlling the stress on the law enforcement job
*
Interview and interrogation techniques
* The
latest in smuggling techniques
*
Unusual weapons
*
Community Policing
* Scientific
advancements in law enforcement.
* Looks
at specific crimes, such as:
*
Drugs
*
Homicide
*
School Violence
*
Hostage Situations
*
Hate Crimes
This list is far from exhaustive. If you have crime in your
writing, you should be reading this publication.The magazine is available in
PDF and updated every month. Electronic archives are available (as of when this
is posted) the current month back to 1999. You can access this incredible
resource from the world’s leading authority on crime at http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin.
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