Introduction to Homeland Security

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 670
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Bullock, Haddow, and Coppola have set the standard for homeland security textbooks, and they follow up their #1-selling third edition with this substantially improved version. Students will value the decades of experience that the authors bring to their analysis, and the new edition offers still more research-based data to balance the field-tested practical information included in each chapter. Additionally, links to the most current online government information help to keep the text up-to-date in this rapidly developing field. As with its predecessors, the book clearly delineates the bedrock principles of preparing for, mitigating, managing, and recovering from emergencies and disasters. However, this new edition emphasizes their value with improved clarity and focus.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

This edition has been thoroughly revised to include changes that are based both on changes relevant to the political, budgetary, and legal aspects of homeland security that have changed since the 2008 Presidential election (and subsequent change in the administration), but also in recognition of an expanding academic demand that is both larger in size and changing in scope (most notably with regard to an increase in the number of government employees and officials who are taking courses that have adopted the text). These include: an expansion of material on the organization of the Department of Homeland Security; strategic and philosophical changes that are recommended and/or that have occurred as a result of the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review completed in 2010; updated budgetary information on both homeland security programs and on the homeland security grants that have supported safety and security actions at the state and local levels, as well as in the private sector; and changes in the way the public perceives and receives information about security risk, including the possible elimination of the Homeland Security Advisory System.

ANCILLARIES:

A companion website includes a full online Instructor's Guide (complete with chapter summaries and a test bank that contains approximately 20 multiple-choice question, 20 true-or-false questions, and 5 essay questions per chapter) as well as PowerPoint slides.

• New chapters that focuses specifically on border and transportation security missions
• An increased focus on cyber security and infrastructure security, both of which are rapidly growing in importance in the homeland security field among officials at all levels
• A companion website that includes a full online Instructor's Guide and PowerPoint lecture slides

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front-matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Acknowledgments, Page xiii
Introduction, Pages xv-xvii, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
1 - Homeland Security: The Concept, the Organization, Pages 1-23, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
2 - Historic Overview of the Terrorist Threat, Pages 25-56, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
3 - Hazards, Pages 57-95, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
4 - Governmental Homeland Security Structures, Pages 97-176, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
5 - Intelligence and Counterterrorism, Pages 177-204, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
6 - Border Security, Immigration, and Customs Enforcement, Pages 205-242, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
7 - Transportation Safety and Security, Pages 243-281, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
8 - Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection, Pages 283-321, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
9 - All-Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery, Pages 323-433, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
10 - Mitigation, Prevention, and Preparedness, Pages 435-494, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
11 - Communications, Pages 495-571, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
12 - Science and Technology, Pages 573-613, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
13 - The Future of Homeland Security, Pages 615-626, Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Damon P. Coppola
Index, Pages 627-669