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    • Hospital and Healthcare Security

      • 7th Edition
      • Tony W. York
      • English
      Hospital and Healthcare Security, Seventh Edition addresses the latest challenges in healthcare security, including advances in data protection, the rise of patient-generated violence, emerging technologies, and evolving regulatory frameworks. With comprehensive updates and approximately 25-30% new content, the book reflects the rapid changes in healthcare, from legal standards to operational innovations. It emphasizes security master planning, risk assessment, and the integration of protection philosophies within healthcare facilities. Detailed, operationally proven practices, policies, and procedures stress the importance of people, processes, and technology. In addition, the book also explains the roles of design, emergency management, and policy in shaping effective security programs.Deemed by executives, accrediting agencies, and industry associations as the industry’s standard of care, this reference sets benchmarks for legal and operational excellence in healthcare security, ensuring thorough preparedness for professionals at every level. The book serves as a vital resource, guiding new entrants, promoted professionals, and seasoned experts toward mastering security in today’s complex healthcare environment.

    • Practical Aviation Security

      Predicting and Preventing Future Threats
      • 4th Edition
      • Jeffrey Price + 1 more
      • English
      Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats, Fourth Edition is a guide to the aviation security system, from crucial historical events to the policies, policymakers, and major terrorist and criminal acts that have shaped the procedures in use today, as well as the cutting-edge technologies that are shaping the future. Using case studies and practical security measures now in use at airports worldwide, readers learn the effective methods and fundamental principles involved in designing and implementing a security system. This expanded fourth edition covers new threats and technologies to reflect the latest knowledge in the field from the past decade.This book will be ideal for airport, airline, charter, government, and others with aviation security responsibilities to better implement their security programs, evaluate the ever-changing risk environment, and respond appropriately and responsibly.

    • Introduction to Emergency Management

      • 8th Edition
      • George Haddow + 2 more
      • English
      Introduction to Emergency Management, Eighth Edition sets the standard for excellence in the field and has educated a generation of emergency management professionals. This trusted resource provides a comprehensive overview of core concepts in emergency management and instructs in their application, addressing why the emergency management profession exists, what actions its professionals and practitioners are tasked with performing, and what achievements are sought through the conduct of these various efforts. Students and new professionals alike will gain an enhanced understanding of key terminology and concepts, enabling them to work with emergency management specialists.Fully updated throughout, the new edition includes revised workflows and communications; explanations of FEMA, state, and local emergency management organizational policies; the growing role of the private sector in emergency management; Covid-19 pandemic preparedness and response; and the impact of climate change on emergency management policies and practices, among other timely examples and application areas. Each chapter features all-new case studies on recent disasters, key terms, summary points, and self-review questions. Student and faculty use is supported by an expanded ancillary package, featuring a fuller instructor manual, lecture PowerPoint Slides, and linked documents, data sets, references, and video examples.

    • Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World

      • 3rd Edition
      • George Haddow + 1 more
      • English
      Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World, Third Edition provides valuable information for navigating these priorities in the age of evolving media. The emergence of new media like the Internet, email, blogs, text messaging, cell phone photos, and the increasing influence of first informers are redefining the roles of government and media. The tools and rules of communications are evolving, and disaster communications must also evolve to accommodate these changes and exploit the opportunities they provide. This book illuminates the path to effective disaster communication, including the need for transparency, increased accessibility, trustworthiness and reliability, and partnerships with the media.

    • Security Operations Management

      • 4th Edition
      • Robert McCrie + 1 more
      • English
      Security Operations Management, Fourth Edition, the latest release in this seminal reference on corporate security management operations for today’s security management professionals and students, explores the characteristics of today’s globalized workplaces, security’s key role within them, and what the greatest concern is for security practitioners and senior managers. Incorporating the latest security research and best practices, the book covers key skills needed by security managers to demonstrate the value of their security program, offers information on identifying and managing risk, and reviews the latest technological advances in security control, command, communications and computing.

    • School Security

      How to Build and Strengthen a School Safety Program
      • 2nd Edition
      • Paul Timm
      • English
      School Security: How to Build and Strengthen a School Safety Program, Second Edition emphasizes a proactive rather than reactive approach to school security. Readers are introduced to basic loss prevention and safety concepts, including how to communicate safety information to students and staff, how to raise security awareness, and how to prepare for emergencies. The book discusses how to positively influence student behavior, lead staff training programs, and write sound security policies. This book isn't just for security professionals and will help educators and school administrators without formal security training effectively address school risk. As school safety challenges continue to evolve with new daily stories surrounding security lapses, lockdowns, or violent acts taking place, this thoroughly revised edition will help explain how to make educational institutions a safer place to learn.

    • Introduction to Homeland Security

      Principles of All-Hazards Risk Management
      • 6th Edition
      • George Haddow + 2 more
      • English
      Written by renowned experts, Introduction to Homeland Security, Sixth Edition, informs users about the concepts and bedrock principles of homeland security. Readers will gain a solid appreciation of the broad range of topics that fall within the expanse of the homeland security umbrella and understand how and why they are so closely interconnected. The text will also provide an overview of the evolutionary process behind modern homeland security structures, which helps users to understand why certain functions exist and how they contribute to national and local security efforts. Unlike most books that focus solely on terrorism, this text covers an expansive range of homeland security topics including all-hazards emergency management, cybersecurity, border and transportation security, immigration and customs enforcement, and others.

    • Investigations and the Art of the Interview

      • 4th Edition
      • Inge Sebyan Black + 1 more
      • English
      The Art of Investigative Interviewing, Fourth Edition, builds on the successes of the previous editions providing the reader guidance on conducting investigative interviews, both ethically and professionally. The book can be used by anyone who is involved in investigative interviewing. It is a perfect combination of real, practical, and effective techniques, procedures, and actual cases. The reader learns key elements of investigative interviewing, such as human psychology, proper interview preparation, tactical concepts, controlling the interview environment, and evaluating the evidence obtained from the interview. New to this edition will be coverage of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools, workplace investigations, fraud investigations and the role of audit. Larry Fennelly joins original author Inge Sebyan Black, both well-known and respected in the field, providing everything an interviewer needs to know in order to conduct successful interviews with integrity and within the law. Written for anyone involved in investigative interviewing.

    • Introduction to Emergency Management

      • 7th Edition
      • Jane Bullock + 2 more
      • English
      Introduction to Emergency Management, Seventh Edition, sets the standard for excellence in the field and has educated a generation of emergency managers. This long-trusted resource provides a broad overview of the key aspects of the emergency management profession. Readers will gain an understanding of why the emergency management profession exists, what actions its professionals and practitioners are tasked with performing, and what achievements are sought through the conduct of these various efforts. Students and new professionals alike will further gain an enhanced understanding of key terminology and concepts that enable them to work with emergency management specialists.

    • Effective Security Management

      • 7th Edition
      • Charles A. Sennewald + 1 more
      • English
      Effective Security Management, Seventh Edition teaches practicing security professionals how to build their careers by mastering the fundamentals of good management. Charles Sennewald and Curtis Baillie bring common sense, wisdom and humor to this bestselling introduction to security management. For both new and experienced security managers, this resource is the classic book on the topic.

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