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Alternative Coca Reduction Strategies in the Andean Region (July 1993)

An Assessment of Alternatives for a National Computerized Criminal History System (October 1982)

Automated Record Checks for Firearm Purchasers: Issues and Options (July 1991)

The Border War on Drugs (March 1987)

Copyright and Home Copying: Technology Challenges the Law (October 1989)

Criminal Justice, New Technologies, and the Constitution (May 1988)

Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age (July 1995)

The FBI Fingerprint Identification Automation Program: Issues and Options (November 1991)

Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information (April 1986)

Police Body Armor Standards and Testing, Vol. I (August 1992)

Police Body Armor Standards and Testing, Vol. II-Appendixes (August 1992)

A Preliminary Assessment of the National Crime Information Center and the Computerized Criminal History System (December 1978)

Scientific Validity of Polygraph Testing: A Research Review and Evaluation (November 1983)


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