Cognitive Gerontology: a Special Issue of the European Journal of the European Journal of Cognitive Psychology Psychology Press ( 25 December, 1990 ) Book Our Price : £ 14.95 Prices subject to change. Usually dispatched within 4 to 6 weeks

Great book w/ very specific ballistics info

You hear a lot of misinformation and myths when discussing wound characteristics, ballistics, and the effectiveness of various calibers & loads. This is true even when talking to "gun nuts" at Gun shops and shows. This book provides you with in depth comparisons across calibers, loads, and even types of guns(at times). Has great chapters on .40 SW and the new .357 SIG calibers. Book includes ballistics research compiled from Goat tests, actual field results, and gelatin testing. The book is geared more for the enthusiast than the "novice" but I am a novice and found it to be great. Weak points of the book include the silly autopsy reports and several overly dramatic briefing on prior shootings.

This book is for those who have no knowledge of the sciences

As a long-time shooter, a combat soldier and a chemical engineer, I found this book wanting. The various studies looked impressive, but there is little substance. Nowhere in this book is there a mechanism postulated, derived, quantified and qualified for the "stopping power" phenomenon. The data gathering technique is flawed. Too detailed to go into here. but the bottom line is this, a set of crunched numbers (statistically analyzed) mean nothing without a justifying mechanism. At most it shows relations or correlations and these effects could be entirely coincidental. The bottom line is that while the data were taken from the "street" results, the data collection is flawed because the authors and other collaborators failed to include all of the shootings in a particular caliber and make. Also, its ludicrous to think that a handgun round would actually stop somebody 90+% of the time when shot into the torso area. The statistical analysis to be interpreted meant that if the same population of people have been resurrected in exactly the same situations and scenarios and been shot again at exactly the same places, then the chances of they being stopped is at whatever percentage that particular caliber and load is. These numbers dont mean that they can be extrapolated to populations beyond of those studied.

Excellent step-by-step process guided by a professional

Russ Smith has done an exceptional job informing readers of the hiring process of most federal law enforcement agencies. Resume, SF171, OF612, and KSA construction is detailed at length. Agency hiring trends, budget restraints, entry-level positions, and human resources approaches to interpreting applications are an added bonus to this reader friendly book. The author doesnt lead the reader to believe that there is a job waiting for them rather that if the proper course of action is followed and the application is well written there is career opportunity in this profession.