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Estimating terrorism risk /

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for protecting the United States from terrorism. It achieves this goal partly through the Urban Areas Security Initiative, which allocates resources to states and urban areas. Until DHS can know the effectiveness of available risk-reduction al...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
Other Authors: Willis, Henry H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2005.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Terrorism risk and its components
  • Accounting for uncertainty and values in terrorism risk assessment
  • Two approaches to estimating terrorism risk in urban areas
  • Evaluating the performance of different estimates of terrorism risk
  • Conclusions and recommendations.