Reference Articles

Reference Articles is an online collection of collaboratively created, edited and organized texts related to security and public safety. Sample general categories are listed below. Search Reference Articles (1,871 articles since March 2008)

Sample categories:

Area Factbook

• Area-specific facts
• Demographic data (general)
• Economics (general)
• Geographical data
• Government & politics (general)
• Statistic & census data
• Transportation & infrastructure (general)

General Subjects

• Communications & Computers
• Drugs
• GPS/GIS
• Media
• Surveillance
• Vehicles
• Weapons
  • Ammunition
  • Firearms
  • Modern Armament Manufacturers
  • Non-lethal
  • Related articles

Public Safety

• Fire safety
• Emergency management
• Community outreach

Homeland Security

• Anti-terrorism conventions
• Anti-terrorism legislation
• Counter-terrorism
• Counter-terrorism (Organizations)
• Department of Homeland Security (Agencies)
• Incident management
• Terrorism
• Types of security

Law & Justice

• Crime
  • Crime statistics
  • Types of criminal activities
  • U.S. Crime Classification & Reporting
  • Criminal organizations
    • Drug cartels
    • Gangs
    • Organized crime
• Law enforcement
• Legal & judicial system