The book gives a practical introduction to the concepts, structure, politics, law, hazards, threats, and practices of homeland security everywhere, focusing on US "homeland security," Canadian "public safety," and European "domestic security." It is a conceptual and practical textbook, not a theoretical work.
The book gives a practical introduction to the concepts, structure, politics, law, hazards, threats, and practices of homeland security everywhere, focusing on US "homeland security," Canadian "public safety," and European "domestic security." It is a conceptual and practical textbook, not a theoretical work.
Bruce Newsome has served as full-time faculty at the University of California, the post-graduate Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught courses on counterterrorism, intelligence, security and risk management. Before teaching, he was a full-time research scientist at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California - consulting to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, and Department of Homeland Security and equivalent departments of foreign governments. He has published more than 20 books or reports of relevance, most recently "Countering New(est) Terrorism" in January 2018, which was supported by units of the FBI Academy at Quantico. He volunteers his time to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force, and Infragard. Jack Jarmon, Ph.D., lectures at universities and public audiences. He was the Associate Director of the Command Control and Interoperability Center for Advance Data Analysis at Rutgers University (a DHS Center for Excellence) and adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University. From 2008-2009 he was a lecturer at University of Pennsylvania. While with Arthur Andersen in Moscow in the mid-nineties he was a USAID technical advisor to the South Russian Privatization Center. He also was Director of Strategic Alliances at Nortel Networks, Brampton, Canada. Jarmon received his BA from Rutgers University, an MA from Fordham University in Russian/Soviet Area Studies, and a PhD from Rutgers University in Global Affairs.
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Detailed Contents List of Figures Tables and Photos Preface & Acknowledgements About the Authors Chapter 1: Conceptualizing Homeland Security Chapter 2: Structuring Homeland Security Chapter 3: Laws of Homeland Security Chapter 4: Transnational Crime Chapter 5: Terrorism Chapter 6: Chemical Biological Nuclear Radioactive Explosive and Energy (CBNREE) Hazards Chapter 7: Natural Risks Chapter 8: Intelligence Chapter 9: Emergency Management Chapter 10: Physical Site and Infrastructure Security Chapter 11: Information Communications and Cyber Security Chapter 12: Immigration and Border Security Chapter 13: Transport Security Glossary Notes Index
