Introduction The United States has been faced with a number of significant emergency situations stemming from natural disasters, domestic terrorist attacks, and other emergency events. Since the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States, federal and state governments have begun to pursue a proactive approach to homeland security...

Abstract: Airport security is important in the post 9/11 era. This paper will examine if the current framework of airport security and safety measures are effective. The discussion will explore a number of different measures in place, which include: (i) the interests of security of passengers and national security; (ii)...

Homeland security in the American perspective refers to the national effort vital in trying to put a stop to terrorist attack in the entire of United States of America. In response to the September 11 attack, the United States federal government introduced the department of the Homeland security. The primary...

The author Richard K. Betts is among those who are widely well-regarded as experts on the evolution of American security activities. American Forces is his latest work on U.S security policy and evolution in the post-Cold War era. Betts describes the evolution of American domestic security that followed the end...

Conroy & Murrie (2007) point out that over time scholars have suggested that it may be difficult to distinguish whether clinical or actuarial methods may be better, but rather one may interpret the two as a continuum. The researchers note that Hanson (1998) suggests that between actuarial and pure clinical...