Ferguson, Andrew G.

Summary: The Rise of Big Data Policing introduces the cutting-edge technology that is changing how the police do their jobs and shows why it is more important than ever that citizens understand the far-reaching consequences of big data surveillance as a law enforcement tool. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson reveals how these new technologies --viewed as race-neutral and objective--have been eagerly adopted by...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2017

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White, Michael D. (Michael Douglas)

Summary: No policing tactic has been more controversial than "stop and frisk," whereby police officers stop, question and frisk ordinary citizens, who they may view as potential suspects, on the streets. As Michael White and Hank Fradella show in Stop and Frisk, the first authoritative history and analysis of this tactic, there is a disconnect between our everyday understanding and the historical and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2016

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Summary: In the small Texas town of Rio Bravo, law and order is maintained by three unlikely enforcers: hard-boiled sheriff Chance; former quick draw artist Dude, now gone drunk and disheveled; and the crippled, wisecracking Stumpy, who patrols the jail with a shotgun. The arrest and incarceration of Joe Burdette for murder has set these three at odds with his brother, corrupt and wealthy landowner...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2007

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Summary: Television series that follows marshal Wyatt Earp from Ellsworth to Wichita to Dodge City and Tombstone as he tries to tame the Wild West.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Timeless Media Group 2007

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Summary: Recapture the spirit of the American frontier with plain-talking Marshal Matt Dillon, kindly saloon-keeper Miss Kitty, irascible Doc Adams and tender-hearted but gullible Deputy Chester Goode as they uphold the law and bring respectability to the rough and tough town of Dodge City, Kansas.

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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 1956

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Summary: David Milch's epic drama returns as a feature film reuniting familiar characters in a brave new world where their once-lawless frontier settlement has grown into a town on the threshold of statehood and modernization.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: Matt Dillon is in charge of Dodge City, a town in the Wild West where people often have no respect for the law. He deals on a daily basis with the problems associated with frontier life: cattle rustling, gunfights, brawls, stand over tactics, and land fraud. Such situations call for sound judgment and brave actions: of which Marshal Dillon has plenty.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Summary: Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who finds solace in real ale, classical music and difficult crosswords. Together with his able Sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford. (Greeks bearing gifts) Oxford's closely knit...

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Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited 2009

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Summary: Season four continues the adventures of a cutting-edge crew of special agents who operate outside the government's chain of command. Led by Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a former Marine whose skills as an investigator are unmatched, this highly trained, tight-knit team travels the world investigating murder, espionage, and terrorism.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2007

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Summary: A two-hour film about "the talk" that parents have with their children of color (primarily boys) to teach them how to act around the police in order to remain safe.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Summary: An urgent documentary explores the militarization of local police departments, in their tactics, training, and acquisition of equipment, since 9/11. With unprecedented access to police conventions, equipment expos, and officers themselves, filmmaker Craig Atkinson, the son of a SWAT team member, crafts an eye-popping nonpartisan look at the changing face of law enforcement in America.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanish Films 2017

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Summary: America's longest running, trail blazing western returns to DVD with volume two of the exciting eighth season.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2013

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Summary: United States Marshal Matt Dillon and the good citizens of Dodge City breathe new life into the Old West. From train-robbing outlaws and claim jumpers to cattle rustlers and bounty hunters, disorder was the order of the day. But it was business as usual for the Marshal and his loyal crew, including Doc Adams, saloon keeper Miss Kitty and steadfast deputy Festus Haggen. Together, they showed...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 1965

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Summary: Marshal Matt Dillon is sworn to protect and serve the good people of Dodge City. Faithfully by his side are reliable medic Doc Adams, strong-willed saloon keeper Miss Kitty and trustworthy Deputy Festus Haggen. Wrapping up an explosive season, the legendary lawman tangles with a new slate of outlaws, including troublemaking drovers, a vigilante rancher and bomb-making bank robbers.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: Wily junk dealer Dirty Sally pays her first visit to Dodge, crazed 'Jaekel, 'obsessed with his ex-wife, assaults Festus, female physician 'Sam McTavish, M.D.' tests Doc₂s dominance, and against the backdrop of spectacular scenery in Taos, New Mexico and the snow-covered Back Hills in Custer, South Dakota, Dillion pursues crafty quarry 'Chato, ' and holds off marauding Indians intent on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: Avenging Marshal Matt Dillon removes his badge and rides after a brute who left Kitty near death. Newly finds true love. In a pair of light-hearted stories, Matt can't seem to find a moment's peace, and a little man riding a big horse swears he'll change into an elephant at midnight.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Summary: Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who finds solace in real ale, classical music and difficult crosswords. Together with his able Sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for the truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford. (Deceived by flight) the Clarets XI old...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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Summary: Inspector Morse is a melacholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who finds solace in real ale, classical music and difficult crosswords. Together with his able Sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his consideralbe intellect and passion for the truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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