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Measuring the effectiveness of border security between ports-of-entry /

Strategic planning is necessary if the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to carry out its border-security missions effectively and efficiently. As part of that, DHS leadership must define concrete and sensible objectives and measures of success. These can be used to assess results along...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Willis, Henry H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2010.
Series:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-837-DHS.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • General missions, focus missions, and criteria for measuring effectiveness
  • A conceptual model of border security as a foundation for measurement
  • Contributions of border security to drug control, counterterrorism, and illegal migration
  • Recommended measures for controlling drugs, immigration, and border crossing by terrorists
  • Implementing steps to measure border security.