by
Van Brunschot, Erin Gibbs.
Call Number
363.10973 22
Publication Date
2008
Summary
Van Brunschot and Kennedy capture the interdisciplinary realities facing public security today, and the means in which a risk balance is evident in the secruity decisions made to deal with crime, terrorist activities and environmental disasters.
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Electronic Resources
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by
Barkun, Michael.
Call Number
363.325160973 22
Publication Date
2011
Summary
This title explores the gap between the reality of terrorism and the imagined threat of terrorism. Linking this gap between reality and paranoia to the Bush administration's 'overreaction' to terrorist threats, the author focuses on the issue of unseen dangers.
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Electronic Resources
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0.7713
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Ellis, John W., 1947-
Call Number
353.30973 23
Publication Date
2014
Summary
The mission, authority, organization, role, function, and the fundamental terminology that affects homeland security in the United States is examined in this book. Homeland security demands quick, effective organization to operate in emergencies, but simultaneously defies it by the limited time frame and sheer scope of the problem. The author focuses on the five core missions of homeland security: preventing terrorism, securing borders, enforcing immigration law, safeguarding cyber systems, and ensuring resilience to disasters. These core missions require five common skill areas for homeland s.
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Electronic Resources
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0.6179
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