The USA Patriot Act. Amitai Etzioni, How Patriotic Is the Patriot Act?: Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism (New York: Routledge, 2004); Robert P. Abele, A Users Guide to the USA Patriot Act and Beyond (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2004); Thomas F. Powers, "Can We Be Secure and Free?" Public Interest, Spring 2003.
Second Amendment. There are several good books and more than 1,000 Web sites on the Second Amendment and gun control issues. Some recommendations include: Michael A. Bellesiles, Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture (New York: Knopf, 2000); Robert J. Cottrol, ed., Gun Control and the Constitution: Sources and Explorations on the Second Amendment (New York: Garland Publishing, 1994); Andrew J. McClurg, David B. Kopel and Brannon P. Denning, Gun Control and Gun Rights (New York: New York University Press, 2002); Abigail Kohn, Shooters: Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).
ComparativeCriminal Justice. For more information on criminal justice in other countries, see The World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems (Web site address http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm); U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Cross-National Studies in Crime and Justice (Washington, DC: Author, 2004); Mathieu Deflem and Amanda J. Swygart, "Comparative Criminal Justice," In: Toni DuPont-Morales, Michael Hooper, and Judy Schmidt, eds., Handbook of Criminal Justice Administration (New York: Marcel Dekker Publishers, 2001), pp. 51-68; Gregg Barak, ed., Crime and Crime Control: A Global View (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000).
The Constitution. For an analysis of the original text of the Constitution, see Leonard W. Levy, Original Intent and the Framers' Constitution (New York: Macmillan, 1988). Another useful item is Archibald Cox, The Court and the Constitution (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987).
The Bill of Rights. Recent analyses of the Bill of Rights include: Nat Hentoff, The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering Resistance (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2003); Akhil Reed Amar, The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998).
Workplace Violence. There are several resources about the phenomena of workplace violence, including: Manon Mireille LeBlanc and Julian Barling, "Understanding the Many Faces of Workplace Violence" In: Suzy Fox and Paul E. Spector, eds., Counterproductive Work Behavior: Investigations of Actors and Targets (Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2005), pp. 41-63; and Lynne F. McClure, "Origins and incidence of workplace violence in North America" In: Thomas P. Gullotta and Sandra J. McElhaney, eds., "Violence in homes and communities: Prevention, intervention, and treatment." Issues in Children's and Families' Lives 11 (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999), pp. 71-99.
U.S. Marshals Service. The Marshals Service has its own Web site that contains historical and contemporary materials, as well as contacts for employment inquiries. See http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/.
