This book presents a powerful and thorough investigation into police deviance and sexual misconduct in the US. Drawing on news reports, official government press releases and academic research sources, Barker examines a wide array of cases including sexual harassment, sexual abuse, child molestation and police killings, including those of prisoners behind bars. Substantiated with additional cases from the UK, Russia and beyond, analysis is also conducted of the experiences of the victims of those crimes. Aggressors in Blue argues that this misconduct has its roots in the nature of the law enforcement occupation, and outlines the typical conditions which enables police sexual abuse to take place. This is a bold new investigation which speaks to students and academics in criminal justice, criminology and social justice in particular, as well as to scholars, social justice advocates, law enforcement professionals, policy-makers and academics in other related disciplines.

Imagine a childhood filled with serene smiles, playing with friends and an endless sense of joy. This is exactly what we all want for our children - a world in which they can grow, learn and flourish. However, in this ideal image comes a shadow called bullying. It is a shadow that penetrates the hearts and minds of children, leaving behind traces of pain, fear and unnecessary vulnerability. We, as parents, teachers, and members of society, cannot remain indifferent to this challenge. Our children deserve better, they deserve a safe environment where they can grow in all aspects of their personality without fear of being mentally or physically abused. This book is our attempt to bridge the gap of bullying. We invite you on a journey of understanding, empathy and action. We want to offer you not only an understanding of the nature of bullying, but also practical tools and strategies to help you raise a child free from its influence. In this book, we bring together cutting-edge research, real-life success stories, and time-tested strategies to help you create an environment in which your child can flourish in all his uniqueness. We don't claim to have the complete answer to every situation, but we are confident that with your love, patience and dedication, we can make the world a little kinder and safer for all of our children. This book is not only a guide to fighting bullying, but also a call to action. We invite you to be part of a movement to create a more caring and inclusive society where every child can find their place in the sun. This book is a voice of hope in a world where bullying sometimes seems overwhelming. We believe that with your support and the power of our collective action, we can create a world where every child can flourish in all their uniqueness, free from the dark forces of bullying. Let us together raise the torch of knowledge and empathy to light the way to a better future for all children. Prepare to be immersed in this important and exciting world where your participation can make a real difference. Thank you for choosing this path with us. Let us begin this important journey together, for within every child there is a light that deserves to shine in all its beauty and grandeur.

ADAMANT AGGRESSORS is a practical guide to help scholars, political scientists, policy-makers and laymen understand and apply specific lessons that history has for the present time. It takes a business-case look at five adamant aggressors - Mehmed the Conqueror, James K. Polk, Adolph Hitler, Chaim Weizmann/David Ben-Gurion, Joseph Stalin - and what they teach about recognizing and dealing with adamant aggressors who may be threatening America today. While these lessons may not ensure that the best choices will be made today, understanding them will help readers to reject demonstrated bad choices and, thus, more likely arrive at better choices. This unique approach allows readers to quickly peruse a 2-3 page Executive Summary at the beginning of each case study, or to examine a thoroughly researched and documented narrative of the aggressor ́s action and the reactions of his targets. Analysis then details how each aggressor is identified as adamant (and might have been while there was time to react effectively), and how targets violated or sometimes conformed to guidelines for dealing with adamant aggressors. The final chapter draws from the five cases to validate the lessons for how to recognize and deal with adamant aggressors, and urges application by America´s leaders. USA "Best Books 2011" awards - Finalist in the "Current Events: Political/Social" category.

Foreword: Feminism's assumptions upended / Barbara Ehrenreich -- Introduction / Tara McKelvey -- Abu Ghraib : it's like an S & M club, only it's real / Eve Ensler -- Sexual coercion, prisons, and female responses / Angela Davis -- Why did Jennifer Scala bring cunt into the courtroom? / Ada Calhoun -- Split screens / Karen J. Greenberg -- The women of Abu Ghraib / Francine D'Amico -- The misogynist undercurrents of Abu Ghraib / Lucinda Marshall -- Shock and awe : Abu Ghraib, women military police, and racially gendered torture / Ilene Feinman -- Gender and sexual violence in the military / Jumana Musa -- Women soldiers and interrogational abuses in the war on terror / Steven H. Miles -- The "mean girls" of Abu Ghraib / Erin Solaro -- Guarding women : Abu Ghraib and military sexual culture / Elizabeth L. Hillman -- "Beautiful souls" : the role of women in war / Aziz Huq -- Photography/pornography/torture : the politics of seeing Abu Ghraib / Laura Frost -- Gender trouble at Abu Ghraib? / Timothy Kaufman-Osborn -- Is that the pose of a liberated woman? / Elizabeth Maddock Dillon -- Feminism as imperialism / Katharine Viner -- The "sex interrogators" of Guantanamo / Kristine A. Huskey -- Women in the interrogation room / Riva Khoshaba -- Women's role in mob violence : lynchings and Abu Ghraib / LaNitra Walker -- George W. Bush and the war on women / Barbara Finlay -- Lynndie England in love / Janis Karpinski -- The military made me do it : double standards and psychic injuries at Abu Ghraib / Lila Rajiva -- Afterword / Cynthia Enloe.

In the previous book in this series, Manfred Kets de Vries observed the experiences of leaders on a rollercoaster ride through their professional and personal lives. Now, he follows them down the rabbit hole into the unknown, where, like Lewis Carroll’s Alice, they find a dystopian Wonderland in which everyone seems to have gone mad and life functions according to its own crazy logic, throwing up all kinds of obstacles in the search for truth. Understanding what is happening around us has become more difficult than ever in the Age of Trump. Don’t imperatives like “build that wall” sound very much like “Off with his head”? Unfortunately, and unlike Alice, we are not going to wake up from a bad dream and discover that everything is “nothing but a pack of cards”. The first part of this book looks at the psychodynamics of leadership in both a business and a political context. The second focuses on the psychopathology of everyday life in organizations and the seemingly endless ways people can make a mess of things – including mega pay packages, acting out, digital addiction and other dysfunctional behaviour patterns. Each chapter ends with a brief anecdote to illustrate the dilemma it presents. In short, sharp nuggets, Kets de Vries helps make sense of how the madness of the present has affected leadership in organizations and the workplace.