SNI

SNI

Author: National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 646

ISBN-13:

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POLICING TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

POLICING TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

Author: Henry L. DeGeneste

Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 0398082073

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This book is the first comprehensive volume on the emerging discipline of transport policing. The text reviews the major issues concerning security and policing of transportation facilities and provides a framework for informed decision making. Topics include commuter rail and subway crime; maritime, port and cargo security; airport crime transportation terrorism; illegal drugs in transit, hazardous cargo, public bus and rail terminal crime and the special issues of homeless and mentally ill persons in transport centers. The book serves as a valuable resource for managers and command level staff at transit, railway, airport, and seaport police departments; police agencies with transport facilities in their jurisdiction; transportation facility managers; students and universities with programs in criminal justice, police science, government, public administration, transportation, and urban planning; police academies; and government departments of transportation. The text represents years of research, field interviews, teaching experience, administration, and program development in providing administrators and police with a framework for developing strategies to protect their facilities and patrons from current and future security risks.