Tag: New release
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“Targeting Discretion” Book Launch
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The University of North Georgia Press is proud to announce the launch of its new title, Targeting Discretion: A Guide for Command Staff, Frontline Officers, and Students by Dr. Casey LaFrance. It’s hard to not have police matters in at least the periphery of your mind. News of shootings and…
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A Sample Read: I’m in the Room by Lawrence Weill
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Whether you’re waiting your copy of I’m in the Room to arrive or you’re waiting to pick up a copy at one of Dr. Weill’s book signings, you can now get a sneak peak! Click here to read a sample chapter from I’m in the Room. We hope you enjoy! Remember, you…
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Synopsis of I’m in the Room by Lawrence Weill
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I’m in the Room is the droll, witty story about Allen Johnson, a mostly invisible young man from a mostly invisible family in a mostly invisible town. It isn’t that these people and places are incapable of being seen; it’s only that no one seems to notice them. Allen is…
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Coming Soon! Targeting Discretion by Casey LaFrance
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This book is a go-to resource that represents a research project that has spanned almost a decade. Since the 1970s, frontline officers and police command staff have been trained to view discretion as a “doughnut hole.” Unfortunately, this model is becoming stale in an era of complex relationships, fuzzy boundaries, and…
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Coming Soon: The Quiet Soldier
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Releasing September 2, 2014: The Quiet Soldier: Phuong’s Story by Creina Mansfield. Provoked by Graham Greene’s The Quiet American, this novel tells the story of Phuong, from her childhood in the Vietnamese district of Cu Chi to her return there as a guerrilla fighter. Phuong’s unmentioned past, subdued personality, and lack…