LEADER 05014nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910219982703321 005 20241018171712.0 010 $a1-280-12684-1 010 $a9786613530707 010 $a0-8330-5830-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000072922 035 $a(EBL)819506 035 $a(OCoLC)758355908 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000551057 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11341245 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000551057 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10524486 035 $a(PQKB)11660712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC819506 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL819506 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10516121 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000072922 100 $a20111003d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations $ean assessment of Mexican security based on existing RAND research on urban unrest, insurgency, and defense-sector reform /$fChristopher Paul, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Colin P. Clarke 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND Corp.$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (109 p.) 225 0 $aRand Corporation monograph series The challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations 300 $a"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." 300 $a"Rand National Defense Research Institute." 300 $a"This research was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface. 311 $a0-8330-5827-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; The Evolution of Mexican Drug-Trafficking Organizations; Origins of This Study; Urban Unrest and Instability; Counterinsurgency; Defense-Sector Reform; Labelling the Perpetrators and the Implications Thereof; Organization of This Monograph; Chapter Two: Methods and Approach: Applying Existing RAND Research Tools to Mexico; The Urban Flashpoints Scorecard; The Victory Has a Thousand Fathers Counterinsurgency Scorecard 327 $aThe Defense Sector Assessment Rating Tool Scorecard; The Delphi Method for Expert Elicitation; Chapter Three: Results from the RAND Mexican Security Delphi Exercise; The RAND Mexican Security Delphi Exercise Process; Delphi-Derived Scores for the Three Scorecards; Delphi Discussion; Chapter Four: Findings from the Urban Flashpoints Scorecard; Mexico's Urban Flashpoints Vulnerability Score; Flashpoint Factors of Concern in Mexico; Flashpoint Factors for Which consensus Was Lacking and Other Items of Interest from the Delphi Discussion; Chapter Five: Findings from the Counterinsurgency Scorecard 327 $aIs Mexico Like Historical Insurgencies? Mexico's Counterinsurgency Scorecard Score; Mexico in Comparison with 30 Historical Cases of Insurgency; Counterinsurgency Scorecard Factors for Which Consensus Was Lacking and Other Items of Interest from the Delphi Discussion; Chapter Six: Findings from the Defense Sector Assessment Rating Tool Scorecard; Assessment of Mexico's Counternarcotics Capabilities; Assessment of Mexico's Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency Capabilities; Assessment of Mexico's Border and Maritime Security Capabilities; Overall Findings 327 $aChapter Seven: Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research Conclusions; For Future Research; Further Comparison; A Closer Examination of Mexico; A Systems Perspective; References 330 $aA RAND team conducted a Delphi expert elicitation exercise, the results of which offer an assessment of the contemporary security situation in Mexico through the lens of existing RAND research on urban instability and unrest, historical insurgencies, and defense-sector reform. Assessment scorecards from these projects were used to obtain input from the expert panel and to guide the resulting discussion. 606 $aDrug traffic$zMexico 606 $aDrug traffic$zMexico$xPrevention 606 $aDrug control$zMexico 606 $aViolence$zMexico 606 $aViolent crimes$zMexico$xPrevention 606 $aInternal security$zMexico 615 0$aDrug traffic 615 0$aDrug traffic$xPrevention. 615 0$aDrug control 615 0$aViolence 615 0$aViolent crimes$xPrevention. 615 0$aInternal security 676 $a363.450972 700 $aPaul$b Christopher$f1971-$0904747 701 $aSchaefer$b Agnes Gereben$0942234 701 $aClarke$b Colin P$0308837 712 02$aUnited States.$bDept. of Defense.$bOffice of the Secretary of Defense. 712 02$aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219982703321 996 $aThe challenge of violent drug-trafficking organizations$92126233 997 $aUNINA