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Understanding Homeland Security By Gus Martin

Understanding Homeland Security by Gus Martin


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Reviewing theories, agency missions, laws and regulations governing the homeland security enterprise, this book keeps readers on the forefront of homeland security.

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Understanding Homeland Security by Gus Martin

This textbook offers much-needed insight into the complex nature of issues addressed by the homeland security enterprise. It addresses such subject areas as emergency management, terrorism, criminal justice administration, intelligence, armed conflict, and social environments. The pedagogical approach is designed to stimulate critical thinking in readers, allowing them to not only comprehend the fundamentals, but also evolve with the very dynamic nature of homeland security.

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An excellent introductory text to homeland security, it provides a thorough and informative overview of the topic that is appropriate for undergraduate courses on homeland security.

-- Mark Feulner

By far, the textbook by Gus Martin is one of the best written, illustrative and interactive learning methodologies that will engage students in the topics of homeland security and terrorism.

-- Denise R. Womer
If you want to obtain a solid basic background of Homeland Security, begin with Gus Martin's book. -- Irmak Renda-Tanali

It is well written; the author has a strong positive writer's voice that I believe my students can benefit from. Understanding Homeland Security by Gus Martin is a modern homeland practitioners must read book.

-- Pietro Savo

An excellent book for class and a great resource

-- Dennis W. McLean

Great book for an introduction to Homeland Security

-- Oluponmile Olonilua

Excellent text that is essential for student learning and teaching.

-- Terry Campbell

The textbook thoroughly addresses the significant issues associated with homeland security. It is concise, focuses on the important concepts and issues associated with homeland security. The pedagogical features of the book will assist in student learning and facilitate the manner in which I address my teaching.

-- Darren Gil

An up-to-date, well-organized, well-written, much needed, interesting and attractive book!

-- Naim Kapucu

This essential text is an in-depth look into homeland security, similar to that of a handbook, utterly complete in all respects, which can serve as a guide and reference throughout a student's educational program.

-- Holli Vah Seliskar

About Gus Martin

C. Augustus Gus Martin is Director of the School of Public Service and Justice at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He is also a Professor of Criminal Justice Administration, where he regularly teaches a course on the subject of terrorism and extremism. He has served as Associate Vice President for Human Resources Management, Acting Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy, Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, and Chair of the Department of Public Administration. He began his academic career as a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, where he was an Administration of Justice professor. His current research and professional interests are terrorism and extremism, homeland security, the administration of justice, and juvenile justice. Dr. Martin is author of several books on the subjects of terrorism and homeland security, including Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies (SAGE Publications, 2022); Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues (SAGE Publications, 2021); Understanding Homeland Security (SAGE Publications, 2020); Terrorism: An International Perspective (with Fynnwin Prager; SAGE Publications, 2019); The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition (SAGE Publications, 2011); Terrorism and Homeland Security (SAGE Publications, 2011); and The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings (SAGE Publications, 2004). He is also author of Juvenile Justice: Process and Systems (SAGE Publications, 2005). Prior to joining academia, Dr. Martin served as Managing Attorney for the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, where he was also director of a program created under a federal consent decree to desegregate public and assisted housing. He was also Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands on the island of St. Thomas. As Special Counsel, he occupied a personal and confidential position in the central office of the Department of Justice; sat as hearing officer for disciplinary hearings and departmental grievances; served as chair of the Drug Policy Committee; served as liaison to the intergovernmental Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee as well as to the Narcotics Strike Force; and provided daily legal and policy advice to the Attorney General. Prior to serving as Special Counsel, he was a floor Legislative Assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York. As Legislative Assistant, he researched, evaluated and drafted legislation in areas of foreign policy, foreign aid, human rights, housing, education, social services, and poverty; he also drafted House floor statements, Congressional Record inserts, press releases, and news articles; and he composed speeches, briefing materials, and legislative correspondence.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction and Rationale Part I. Foundations of Homeland Security Chapter 1. History and Policy: Defining Homeland Security The Past as Prologue: The Historical Context of Homeland Security External Threats to the Early Republic Domestic Threats to the Early Republic Modern Precursors to Homeland Security Defining an Era: What Is Homeland Security? Chapter Perspective 1.1: The Death of Osama bin Laden The Modern Era of Homeland Security Chapter Perspective 1.2: Homeland Security Presidential Directives Conceptual Foundation: Central Attributes of Homeland Security The Homeland Security Environment: A Dynamic Construct A New Focus: The Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Report Domestic Security and Threats to the Homeland: Policy Options Chapter Perspective 1.3: The Symbolism of Targets: Terrorist Attacks Against the United States Domestic Policy Options Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Chapter 2. Homeland Security and the All-Hazards Umbrella The Terrorism Nexus: Conventional and Unconventional Hazards Conventional Weapons Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Hazards The All-Hazards Nexus: Nonterrorist Threats Background: Recent Difficulties in Disaster Relief All-Hazards Emergency Management: Core Concepts Case in Point: Nonterrorist Mass Shootings Chapter Perspective 2.1: Mass Shootings in the United States from Columbine to Sandy Hook Natural Hazards Tropical Cyclonic Storms Chapter Perspective 2.2: Reporting Hurricane Intensity: The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Intensity Scale Case in Point: Superstorm Sandy's Swath of Destruction Earthquakes Chapter Perspective 2.3: Reporting Earthquake Intensity: The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale Tornadoes Floods Wildland Fires Technological Scenarios Grid Infrastructure Malfunctions Hazardous Material Accidents Non-Wildland Fires Global Perspective: Disaster in Japan: Tsunami and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Global Perspective: Disaster in Japan: Tsunami and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Chapter 3. The Legal Foundations of Homeland Security Background: Legal Precedent and Homeland Security International and Domestic Law: Policy Challenges The Historical Context: State Sponsorship of International Terrorism Legitimizing Legal Authority: Classifying State Sponsors and Foreign Terrorist Organizations Chapter Perspective 3.1: Foreign Terrorist Organizations International Law and Counterterrorist Cooperation by the World Community Chapter Perspective 3.2: The Benghazi Attack Chapter Perspective 3.3: The Black September Crisis: Case Study and Historical Context Homeland Security: Statutory Authority The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 The Department of Homeland Security Act of 2002 The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 The USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 In Perspective: Homeland Security, Counterterrorism, and the Law Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Chapter 4. Civil Liberties and Securing the Homeland Security and Liberty: The Historical Context The Early Republic and Civil War Communism and the Red Scares Wartime Internment Camps Achieving Security Practical Considerations: Civil Liberty and Government Responses Chapter Perspective 4.1: National Security, Reporting Terrorism, and Regulating the Media Case in Point: Data Mining by the National Security Agency Chapter Perspective 4.2: Carnivore: The Dawn of Internet Surveillance Civil Liberty and Countering Extremism Through Reform Case in Point: Cultural Shifts, Inclusion, and Civil Liberty in the United States Balancing Civil Liberties and Homeland Security Terrorist Profiling The Problem of Labeling the Enemy Civil Liberties and Detainees The Ker-Frisbie Rule and Extraordinary Renditions Case in Point: The Torture Debate Global Perspective: Wrongful Prosecution in the United Kingdom Global Perspective: Wrongful Prosecution in the United Kingdom Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Chapter 5. Agencies and Missions: Homeland Security at the Federal Level The Scope of the Homeland Security Bureaucracy Conceptual Background: The Bureaucratic Context The Federal Bureaucracy Prior to September 11, 2001 Case in Point: The Problem of Interagency Disconnect Bureaucratic Transformation After September 11, 2001 The Department of Homeland Security The Office of the Secretary Department of Homeland Security Administrative Centers The Homeland Security Missions of Other Federal Agencies The Department of Agriculture The Department of Defense The Department of Energy The Department of Health and Human Services The Department of the Interior The Department of the Treasury The Environmental Protection Agency The Intelligence Community Background: Intelligence Collection and Jurisdiction The U.S. Intelligence Community: Members and Mission Case in Point: The Early Warning Role of Intelligence Chapter Perspective 5.1: Sources of Actionable Intelligence The U.S. Intelligence Community: Challenges Case in Point: Intelligence Miscalculation and the Iraq Case Case in Point: Successful International Intelligence Cooperation The Role of the Military The Homeland Defense Mission of the Department of Defense Case in Point: The Posse Comitatus Act Waging War in the Era of the New Terrorism War in the Shadows Overt Conflict: The Deployment of Military Assets Global Perspective: Actionable Intelligence: Israel and the Hunt for The Engineer Global Perspective: Actionable Intelligence: Israel and the Hunt for The Engineer Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Chapter 6. Agencies and Missions: Homeland Security at the State and Local Levels State-Level Homeland Security Systems State Government and Homeland Security: Principal Roles Chapter Perspective 6.1: Governors and the Politics of Crisis Intervention State Government and Emergency Management: Configuration of Services National Collaboration: The National Emergency Management Association The National Homeland Security Consortium Regional Collaboration: Networking and Assistance Across Jurisdictions Local Homeland Security Networking Initiatives The National Association of Counties The National League of Cities The U.S. Conference of Mayors Case in Point: The Challenge of Funding Initiatives Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Agencies The Police Mission in Homeland Security Environments The Internal Security Imperatives of Law Enforcement Agencies The Operational Impact of Terrorism: Adaptations by Law Enforcement Agencies Case in Point: Joint Terrorism Task Forces Case in Point: Militarization of the Police Global Perspective: Paramilitary Deployment of Police Units Global Perspective: Paramilitary Deployment of Police Units by Western Democracies Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Part II. Threats and Vulnerabilities Chapter 7. Sea Change: The New Terrorism and Homeland Security Defining Terrorism: An Ongoing Debate Case in Point: The Political Violence Matrix Combatants, Noncombatants, and the Use of Force Historical Context: The Old Terrorism Prior to September 11, 2001 The Pre-September 11 Terrorist Environment Chapter Perspective 7.1: Cold War Terrorist-Networking Theory September 11, 2001, and the New Terrorism Chapter Perspective 7.2: The Ideology of Al Qaeda Religion and Terrorism in the Modern Era Chapter Perspective 7.3: Jihad: Struggling in the Way of God The New Terrorism and Globalization Plausible Scenarios: The New Terrorism and New Modes of Warfare Asymmetrical Warfare Case in Point: Asymmetrical Warfare in Paris and Brussels The Paris Attacks The Brussels Attacks Chapter Perspective 7.4: The Appeal of Asymmetrical Warfare Maximum Casualties and the New Terrorism Netwar: A New Organizational Theory Policy Options Countering Extremism Countering the New Terrorism Chapter Perspective 7.5: The Utility of Monitoring Social Networking Media Global Perspective: Digital, Video, and Audio Terrorism Global Perspective: Tactical Horror: Digital, Video, and Audio Terrorism Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Chapter 8. The Threat at Home: Terrorism in the United States Extremism in America Chapter Perspective 8.1: Understanding Extremism Left-Wing Extremism in the United States Right-Wing Extremism in the United States Chapter Perspective 8.2: Are Hate Crimes Acts of Terrorism? Sources of International Terrorism in the United States Case in Point: Conspiracy Theories on the American Right Left-Wing Terrorism in the United States Generational Rebellion: New Left Terrorism Civil Strife: Ethnonationalist Terrorism on the Left The Revolution Continues: Leftist Hard Cores Case in Point: The United Freedom Front Single-Issue Violence on the Left Right-Wing Terrorism in the United States The Past as Prologue: The Historical Legacy of the Ku Klux Klan Racial Mysticism: Neo-Nazi Terrorism Chapter Perspective 8.3: Race and the Bible: The Christian Identity Creation Myth Patriot Threats Chapter Perspective 8.4: The Oklahoma City Bombing Case in Point: Moralist Terrorism The New Terrorism in the United States Jihad in America September 11, 2001 Case in Point: The Threat from Homegrown Jihadists Case in Point: The Orlando Mass Shooting-Jihadist Terrorism and Hate Crime Lone-Wolf Terrorism in the United States Racial and Anti-Government Lone Wolves Jihadist Lone Wolves Global Perspective: Lone-Wolf Terror in Norway Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Chapter 9. Porous Nodes: Specific Vulnerabilities Cybersecurity Understanding Threats to Cybersecurity Malicious Use of Cyber Technology: Examples Cyberattacks: Potential Targets Cyberterror: Feasibility and Likelihood Aviation Security Symbolic Value: Airline Attacks and Maximum Propaganda Effect Historical Context: The PFLP and the Dawn of Modern Aviation Terrorism The Complexity of Aviation Security Implementing Aviation Security Priorities Case in Point: The Chemical Plot Border Security Undocumented Immigration and Homeland Security Plausible Scenarios: Crime and Insecurity on the Southern Border Case in Point: The Tri-Border Area of South America Case in Point: The Mexican Drug War Port Security Understanding the Terrorist Threat to Ports and Maritime Targets Chapter Perspective 9.1: The Contagion Effect Case in Point: Maritime Cargo Containers Port Security Initiatives and Priorities Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Part III. Preparedness, Response, Recovery Chapter 10. Always Vigilant: Hardening the Target Information Security: Cyberwar and Hardening Cyberspace Cyberwar as an Antiterrorist Option Modern Surveillance Technologies Chapter Perspective 10.1: The Utility of Monitoring Social Networking Media Case in Point: The Echelon Satellite Surveillance Network Hardening Critical Infrastructure Securing Critical Infrastructure: Background and Context Federal Guidance: The DHS Building and Infrastructure Protection Series Case in Point: BIPS 06/FEMA 426 Options for Critical Infrastructure Security and Target Hardening Border Control: Securing National Entry Points Security Considerations and Patrolling the Border Historical Context: The Evolution of the U.S. Border Patrol Hardening the Border: Three Agencies Transportation Security A Complex Arrangement: Components of the Transportation System The Transportation Security Administration Global Perspective: International Law Enforcement Consortia Global Perspective: The Role of the International Police Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Chapter 11. Critical Resources: Preparedness and Planning The Role of Proper Planning Foundational Concept: The National Incident Management System Local Planning: The Private Sector Local Planning: Emerging Roles at the Local Government Level Case in Point: Health and Medical Preparedness Strategies Prevention and Mitigation Planning Components of the Prevention and Mitigation Process Federal Mitigation Assistance Chemical and Biological Hazard Planning A Complex Dilemma: Mitigating Chemical and Biological Incidents Chapter Perspective 11.1: Case Study: The Tokyo Subway Nerve Gas Attack and Aftermath Case in Point: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines Radiological and Nuclear Hazard Planning Coordinating Nuclear Security: The Role of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Case in Point: Weaponization of Radiological Agents Revisited Global Perspective: The European Approach to Homeland Security Global Perspective: The European Approach to Homeland Security Preparedness Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Chapter 12. Critical Outcomes: Response and Recovery National Response and Recovery: Fostering Administrative Coordination The Problem of Reactive Planning Federal National Planning Frameworks and the National Preparedness Goal The Incident Command System Case in Point: Presidential Declarations Federal Response and Recovery Coordination Background: The Progression of Federal Response Planning Case in Point: Implementing the National Response Framework State and Local Response and Recovery Planning Response and Recovery Planning by State Authorities Response and Recovery Planning by Local Authorities Final Consideration: Despite Best Efforts, Is Terrorism Effective? Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Recommended Websites Web Exercise Recommended Readings Part IV. Homeland Security: An Evolving Concept Chapter 13. The Future of Homeland Security Near-Term Projections Adaptive Measures: Theoretical and Practical Considerations Controlling Terrorism: Understanding Fundamental Challenges Chapter Perspective 13.1:The Continued Utility of Force Case in Point: International Collaboration on Law Enforcement and Intelligence Threat Environments in the Twenty-First Century Defending the Homeland: Ongoing Patterns of Political Violence The Threat From Ideological Terrorism The Threat From International Terrorism Chapter Perspective 13.2: The Changing Environment of International Terrorism Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts On Your Own Web Exercise Recommended Readings Homeland Security Timeline Appendix A. Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2011. Terrorism. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Vol. 80, No. 9. Appendix B. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 2015. National Preparedness Goal. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Department of Homeland Security. Glossary Notes Index About the Author

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CIN1506346138VG
9781506346137
1506346138
Understanding Homeland Security by Gus Martin
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SAGE Publications Inc
20161004
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