Measuring the effectiveness of border security between ports-of-entry [[electronic resource] /] / Henry H. Willis ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (68 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.28/50684
• Soggetto topico: Border security - United States - Evaluation; Strategic planning - United States
• Altri autori: WillisHenry H
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-48).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE - Introduction; CHAPTER TWO - General Missions, Focus Missions, and Criteria for Measuring Effectiveness; 2.1 Understanding Related DHS Missions and Operations; 2.1.1 The Breadth of Enduring Missions; 2.1.2 Focus Missions; 2.2 Framing Border Security within a System of Solutions to National Missions; 2.3 Measuring Contributions to Border Security; CHAPTER THREE - A Conceptual Model of Border Security as a Foundation for Measurement ; 3.1 Defining Border Security as Controlling Illegal Flows3.2 Core Functions of Border-Security Activities; 3.2.1 Interdiction; 3.2.2 Deterrence; 3.2.3 Networked Intelligence; 3.3 Identifying Measures for Border-Security Functions; CHAPTER FOUR - Contributions of Border Security to Drug Control, Counterterrorism, and Illegal Migration; 4.1 Border-Security Contributions to Drug Control; 4.1.1 National Drug Control Policy and Capabilities; 4.1.2 Contributions of Interdiction, Deterrence, and Networked Intelligence to Drug Control ; 4.1.3 Non-DHS Agencies and Factors on Which Border-Security Outcomes Depend4.2 Border-Security Contributions to Counterterrorism; 4.2.1 National Counterterrorism Policy and Capabilities; 4.2.2 Contributions of Border Interdiction, Deterrence, and Networked Intelligence; 4.2.3 Non-DHS Factors on Which Border-Security Outcomes Depend; 4.3 Border-Security Contributions to Preventing Illegal Migration; 4.3.1 National Immigration Policy and Capabilities; 4.3.2 Contributions of Border Interdiction, Deterrence, and Networked Intelligence ; 4.3.3 Non-DHS Factors on Which Border-Security Outcomes DependCHAPTER FIVE - Recommended Measures for Controlling Drugs, Immigration, and Border Crossing by Terrorists; 5.1 Measures for Interdicting Flow; 5.1.1 Interdiction Measurement Issues; 5.1.2 Measurement Cases; 5.2 Measures for Deterring Flow; 5.3 Measures for Exploiting Networked Intelligence; 5.4 The Inadequacy of Capstone Measures for Evaluating Border Security; CHAPTER SIX - Implementing Steps to Measure Border Security; 6.1 Developing Models of Border Interdiction to Support Planning ; 6.2 Identifying and Exploiting Opportunities to Estimate Attempted Illegal Crossings6.3 Translating Studies of Adversary Decisionmaking into Doctrine for Deterrence; 6.4 Identifying Best Practices for Exploiting Networked Intelligence; 6.5 Evaluating Border-Security Efforts Using a Layered Portfolio View; 6.5.1 Suitability of the Proposed Border-Control Measures; 6.5.2 Showing Relationships Between Border Security and Other Capabilities; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: This report offers research and recommendations on ways to measure the overall efforts of the national border-security enterprise between ports of entry. Focusing on three missions--illegal drug control, counterterrorism, and illegal migration--this report recommends ways to measure performance of U.S. border-security efforts in terms of interdiction, deterrence, and exploiting networked intelligence.
• Titolo autorizzato: Measuring the effectiveness of border security between ports-of-entry
• ISBN: 1-282-94052-X; 9786612940521; 0-8330-5077-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220125203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; ; TR-837-DHS.