Public safety
Here are entered works on the complex of government services for the protection of the general public from events that can cause injury, damage, or harm, such as crime, natural disasters, or human disasters.
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Broader term:Narrower terms:- Public safety -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Public safety -- United States
- Civil defense
- Crime prevention
- Emergency management
- Fire extinction
- Fire prevention
- Offenses against public safety
- Police
- Traffic safety
- Safety, Public
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Shooting to Kill: The Ethics of Police and Military Use of Lethal Force (Oxford: Oxford University Press, c2016), by Seumas Miller (PDF with commentary at OAPEN)
- Unsafe and Harassed in Public Spaces: A National Street Harassment Report (Reston, VA: Stop Street Harassment, 2014), by Holly Kearl (PDF with commentary at stopstreetharassment.org)
- National Strategy for Homeland Security (July 2002), by United States Office of Homeland Security (PDF at fdlp.gov)
- Fallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack (1961), by United States Office of Civil Defense (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Facts About Fallout (1955), by United States Federal Civil Defense Administration (page images with commentary at archives.gov; pages may display in reverse order in some browsers)
- The United States Citizens Defense Corps (1942), by United States Office of Civil Defense
- Ten for Survival: Survive Nuclear Attack (May 1959, reprinted January 1961), by United States Office of Civil Defense (multiple formats at archive.org)
- National Response Framework (second edition, 2013; with supplementary materials), by United States Department of Homeland Security (PDF files with commentary at fema.gov)
- A Handbook for Auxiliary Police (Washington: GPO, 1942), by United States Office of Civilian Defense Training Section, contrib. by United States Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Expedient Shelter Construction and Occupancy Experiments (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1976), by Cresson H. Kearny (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hate Crime: The Violence of Intolerance (special CRS Bulletin; 2001), by United States Community Relations Service (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hate Crimes on Campus: The Problem and Efforts to Confront It (Washington: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2001), by Stephen Wessler and Margaret Moss
- Needs and Prospects for Crime-Fighting Technology: The Federal Role in Assisting State and Local Law Enforcement, by William Schwabe (PDF files at rand.org)
- Project Safe Neighborhoods: America's Network Against Gun Violence (2004), by United States Bureau of Justice Assistance (page images at HathiTrust)
- Guardian Angels: An Assessment of Citizen Response to Crime (Washington: U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1986), by Susan Pennell, Christine Curtis, and Joel Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
- "Taking a Bite Out of Crime": The Impact of a Mass Media Crime Prevention Campaign (Washington: U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1984), by Garrett J. O'Keefe and Harold Mendelsohn (page images at HathiTrust)
- Citizens Defending America: From Colonial Times to the Age of Terrorism (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c2005), by Martin Alan Greenberg (page images at Pitt)
- Diverting Children from a Life of Crime: Measuring Costs and Benefits, by Peter W. Greenwood, Karyn E. Model, C. Peter Rydell, and James Chiesa (PDF files at rand.org)
- America's 1st Freedom (disaggregated articles online from this and other NRA publications), by National Rifle Association of America (partial serial archives)
- Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership (Washington: US Dept. of Justice and US Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2013), ed. by Thomas R. Simon, Nancy Ritter, and Reshma R. Mahendra (multiple formats at nij.gov)
- Deterrence and the Death Penalty (Washington: National Academies Press, c2012), by National Research Council Committee on Deterrence and the Death Penalty, ed. by Daniel Nagin and John Pepper (HTML with commentary at NAP)
- Zero Tolerance: Policing a Free Society (enlarged and revised second edition; c1997), ed. by Norman Dennis, contrib. by William J. Bratton, William Griffiths, Ray Mallon, John Orr, and Charles Pollard (PDF at Civitas)
- Family Life, Delinquency, and Crime, A Policymaker's Guide: Research Summary (Washington: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1994), by Kevin N. Wright and Karen E. Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
- Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising, by Lawrence W. Sherman, Denise C. Gottfredson, Doris L. MacKenzie, John Eck, Peter Reuter, and Shawn Bushway (HTML at ncjrs.gov)
- Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions (2006), by National Research Council Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences (HTML with commentary at NAP)
- National Response Plan (base plan and appendices, 2004), by United States Department of Homeland Security (PDF at iir.com)
- Federal Response to Domestic Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction-Training for First Responders: Hearing Before the Military Research and Development Subcommittee of the Committee on National Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held March 21, 1998 (Washington: GPO, 1998), by United States House Committee on National Security (page images at HathiTrust)
- Dispensing Medical Countermeasures for Public Health Emergencies: Workshop Summary (2008), contrib. by Miriam Davis, Marnina S. Kammersell, and Bruce M. Altevogt (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)
- Are You Ready? An In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness (2004), by United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (PDF at fema.gov)
- Hurricanes, Unleashing Nature's Fury: A Preparedness Guide (2007), by United States National Weather Service (PDF at fdlp.gov)
- Hurricanes, Unleashing Nature's Fury: A Preparedness Guide (2003), by United States National Weather Service (page images at HathiTrust)
- National Response Framework (second edition, 2013; with supplementary materials), by United States Department of Homeland Security (PDF files with commentary at fema.gov)
- America at Risk: Findings and Recommendations on the Role of the Fire Service in the Prevention and Control of Risks in America (2002), by America Burning Recommissioned (U.S.) (PDF at dhs.gov)
- America Burning: The Report of the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control (1973), by United States National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control (PDF at fema.gov)
- Revisiting "Who Is Guarding the Guardians?": A Report on Police Practices and Civil Rights in America (2000), by United States Commission on Civil Rights
- Who Is Guarding the Guardians? A Report on Police Practices (1981), by United States Commission on Civil Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
- USA, The World is Watching: Mass Violations by U.S. Police of Black Lives Matter Protesters' Rights (2020), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnestyusa.org)
- Traffic Safety (2004), by Leonard Evans (HTML at scienceservingsociety.com)
- Traffic Safety and the Driver (1991), by Leonard Evans (HTML at scienceservingsociety.com)
- Gearing Up for Safety: Motor Carrier Safety in a Competitive Environment (1988), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
- Expedient Shelter Construction and Occupancy Experiments (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1976), by Cresson H. Kearny (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Prevention of Repeated Crime (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press; Chicago: Callaghan and Co., 1943), by John Barker Waite (PDF with commentary at Michigan)
- Dull Disasters? How Planning Ahead Will Make a Difference (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, c2016), by Daniel J. Clarke and Stefan Dercon (PDF with commentary at worldbank.org)
- Managing Major Events: Best Practices From the Field (2011), by Police Executive Research Forum (PDF at policeforum.org)
- Public Health Guide for Emergencies (second edition, 2008), by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (PDF files at jhsph.edu)
- Bolstering Critical Infrastructure Resilience After Superstorm Sandy: Lessons for New York and the Nation (Boston: Northeastern University, 2015), by Stephen E. Flynn (multiple formats at Northeastern)
- Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (c2012), by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (PDF at ipcc-wg2.gov)
- Observing the Volcano World: Volcano Crisis Communication (Cham: SpringerOpen, c2018), ed. by Carina J. Fearnley, Deanne K. Bird, Katharine Haynes, William J. McGuire, and Gill Jolly (multiple formats with commentary at SpringerLink)
- Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety: A Proceedings (1997), by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images with commentary at NAP)
- The Man Hunters (New York: J. H. Sears and Co., c1926), by Melville Davisson Post, illust. by William D. I. Arnold (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Cities Safer by Design: Guidance and Examples to Promote Traffic Safety Through Urban and Street Design (version 1.0; Washington: World Resources Institute, 2015), by Ben Welle, Qingnan Liu, Wei Li, Robin King, Claudia Adriazola-Steil, Claudio Sarmiento, and Marta Obelheiro (PDF with commentary at wri.org)
- Survive the Drive: A Guide to Keeping Everyone on the Road Alive (second edition; Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and Virginia Tech Publishing, c2020), by Thomas A. Dingus, contrib. by Mindy Buchanan-King (multiple formats with commentary at vt.edu)
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