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Global Influence and the Challenges Facing Leaders in Homeland Security
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Berger, L. (2014). Foreign policies or culture. Journal of Peace Research, 51(6): 782-796.
This study uses survey method to obtain data of the world’s three largest Muslim-majority nations in the world. The purpose of the study is to challenge conventional thinking in terms of what factors impact the public opinions of Muslims regarding political violence aimed at the U.S. The survey categorizes violence by distinguishing between violence towards civilians and violence towards military targets. Independent variables are identified that enable the researcher to also distinguish surveyors’ views on U.S. foreign policy as opposed to simply U.S. culture. The study analyzes the data using logistic regression models and finds that Egypt, Pakistan and Indonesia all have perceptions of U.S. policies relating to the Middle East (and the region’s oil), Israel, and an overall aim on the part of the U.S. to divide and conquer the Muslim world. The survey also shows that these perceptions are not related to support of violence against civilians—but that they do relate to the support of violence aimed at U.S. military targets. The views that impact approval and support of violence aimed at civilians are found to be shaped by hostile perceptions of American culture, the domestic political status quo, and U.S. antagonism...
The study has significant repercussions for Homeland Security leaders because it identifies reasons that potential enemies of the U.S. may have for supporting attacks on U.S. forces and civilians. Understanding these motivations can help Homeland leaders better prepare for security.
Burruss, G. W., Giblin, M. J., & Schafer, J. A. (2010). Threatened globally, acting locally: Modeling law enforcement homeland security practices. Justice Quarterly, 27(1), 77-101.
This study looks at the effect of institutional pressure on homeland security preparedness. Institutional pressures were described as professional and governmental publications, training, professional associations, and peer agency actions. The data was obtained from the Illinois Homeland Security Survey and provides information on three theories used to explain how homeland security preparedness is achieved. The theories used are contingency theory, resource dependence theory, and institutional theory. The researchers anticipated that institutional pressures would create isomorphism as law enforcement agencies attempted to conform to standards within the industry. Confirmatory factor analysis was utilized to analyze the data obtained and organizational theory was used as a framework for understanding homeland security preparation. The study found that institutional pressures substantially impacted city and…
bibliography must consist of five or six articles from peer-reviewed journals . Each annotation must be clear and concise descriptions of the articles in terms of the point of the article, research method the study used and other information that indicate that serious library research resulted in the selection of these articles..
Homeland Security and U.S. Intelligence Formation of Department of Homeland Security & U.S. Intelligence on Terrorism Definition of Intelligence Rationale for Formation of DHS Effectiveness of DHS Importance of Intelligence & Analysts Research Philosophy Research Methods & Its Limitations Data Collection & Analysis National security has been a major concern for United States in past few decades. However, since 2001, this concern has turn into a serious threat for national security. The given research is performed with the intent
Homeland Security / Constitutional Issues Civil Liberties: These are fundamental freedoms interpreted by policymakers and courts over the years or assured by the Constitutional Bill of Rights (Pearcy, 2003-2016). Bill of Rights: This is an official statement of American citizens' fundamental rights, integrated into the U.S. Constitution in the form of ten Amendments, as well as into the constitutions of all states (Bill of rights, n.d.). Thought Police: This denotes a cluster of
Homeland Security How does the creation of the Department of Homeland Security affect resources traditionally designated for local criminal justice organizations? The Resource Imbalance caused by formation of HLS The Department of Homeland Security controls a lot of resources. The significant among these are 40,000 coast guard members, 13,000 immigration law enforcement officers, 50,000 TSA screeners, 40,000 border patrol customs and 4000 Secret Service agents (Jaffe, 2015). These resources are immense and seriously
Ethical Considerations for the Use of Technology to Meet Selected Homeland Security Objectives Introduction The Digital Age has transformed the way the world works for better or worse. Technology exists to bring down nations’ infrastructures without ever firing a missile (Ten, Manimaran & Liu, 2010). New technology has been developed that can allow agencies to spy, snoop, monitor, and retrieve conversations had online, through email, on cell phones, or via text messaging.
Terrorism/Homeland Security Terrorism / Homeland security Terrorism is a global phenomenon that needs urgent research to address its effects on people. Scholars on terrorism argue that terrorism is a disputed term. These scholars contend that those individuals referred to as terrorists may be guerrilla fighters, resistant fighters, freedom fighters or militants. They further state that terrorism is a tactic employed to pass out propaganda of deeds thus causing psychological and social impacts
Constitution/Homeland Security FISA FISA -- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act dictates the way the United States government carries out communication surveillance (e.g., telefaxes, emails, telephone calls, Internet websites, etc.) that passes through the United States physically and both the recipient and the sender or either of the two are/is a foreign power, according to FISA definition. FISA's initial purpose, as far back as in 1978, was to make use of the FISA