A Practical Introduction to Homeland Security

Home and Abroad, Second Edition

Bruce Oliver Newsome and Jack A. Jarmon

This text provides students with 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. It is focused on the knowledge and skills that will allow the reader to understand how homeland security is and should be practiced.

Globalization, population growth, migration, technology, aging infrastructure, and the simple trend to higher expectations are making homeland security more challenging. Yes, homeland security really is a global problem. The hyperconnectivity of today’s world has reduced the capacity of the United States to act unilaterally or to solve homeland risks from within the borders alone.

Newsome and Jarmon explain the relevant concepts, the structural authorities and responsibilities that policymakers struggle with and within which practitioners must work, the processes that practitioners and professionals choose between or are obliged to use, the actual activities, and the end-states and outputs of these activities.

Moreover, this book presents the concept of homeland security as an evolving experience rather than an artifact of life since 2001. It is a profession that requires some forming from the ground up as well as the top down.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 408 • Trim: 7 x 10

978-1-5381-2565-6 • Paperback • March 2020 • $100.00 • (£77.00)

978-1-5381-2566-3 • eBook • March 2020 • $95.00 • (£73.00)

Subjects: Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage, Political Science / Security (National & International)

Courses: Political Science; International Relations; Intelligence, Political Science; Security; Intelligence, Political Science; Security; Intelligence Education, Political Science; International Relations; Homeland Security

A Practical Introduction to Homeland Security

Home and Abroad, Second Edition

Paperback

eBook

Summary

This text provides students with 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. It is focused on the knowledge and skills that will allow the reader to understand how homeland security is and should be practiced.

Globalization, population growth, migration, technology, aging infrastructure, and the simple trend to higher expectations are making homeland security more challenging. Yes, homeland security really is a global problem. The hyperconnectivity of today’s world has reduced the capacity of the United States to act unilaterally or to solve homeland risks from within the borders alone.

Newsome and Jarmon explain the relevant concepts, the structural authorities and responsibilities that policymakers struggle with and within which practitioners must work, the processes that practitioners and professionals choose between or are obliged to use, the actual activities, and the end-states and outputs of these activities.

Moreover, this book presents the concept of homeland security as an evolving experience rather than an artifact of life since 2001. It is a profession that requires some forming from the ground up as well as the top down.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 408 • Trim: 7 x 10

978-1-5381-2565-6 • Paperback • March 2020 • $100.00 • (£77.00)

978-1-5381-2566-3 • eBook • March 2020 • $95.00 • (£73.00)

Subjects: Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage, Political Science / Security (National & International)

Courses: Political Science; International Relations; Intelligence, Political Science; Security; Intelligence, Political Science; Security; Intelligence Education, Political Science; International Relations; Homeland Security

Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Reviews

Both authors bring related academic and practical experience to the topic of homeland security. [T]he combination of theoretical foundation, critical thinking, and practical application is refreshing.
— Craig Heatherly, Northeastern State University

Features

Features—

·Short case studies on current issues and controversies relevant to the chapter appear throughout the text and include review questions for classroom discussion or assignment.

·“The Future of…" guest essays appear at the end of each chapter and are intended to shed light on the subject of the chapter from a practitioner’s perspective. Examples include contributions from Tom Kean, Sam Nunn, and Stephen Flynn. In some cases it is a single narrative section; in others it is two separate viewpoints on a single issue.

·Key terms are bolded and defined within the narrative; a list of key terms appear at the end of the chapter and include page references, with a glossary at the back of the book.

·Chapter study aids include learning objectives at the outset, with a bulleted summary, list of key terms, and discussion questions provided at the end to help students engage with and absorb the material

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