Domestic Terrorism : Assessment of State and Local Preparedness in the United States, 1992 / Kevin Jack Riley, Bruce Hoffman.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Riley, Kevin Jack, 1964-

Hoffman, Bruce, 1954-

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 6566.

ICPSR ; 6566

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR version.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1996.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This project sought to analyze states' and municipalities' terrorism preparedness as a means of providing law enforcement with information about the prevention and control of terrorist activities in the United States. To accomplish this objective, a national survey of state and local law enforcement agencies was conducted to assess how law enforcement agencies below the federal level perceive the threat of terrorism in the United States and to identify potentially promising anti- and counter-terrorism programs currently used by these jurisdictions. For the purposes of this survey, the researchers used the legal definition of terrorism as provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is ''the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment of either, to further political or social objectives.'' However, incidents reported by state or local law enforcement agencies as potential terrorist incidents often are reclassified as ordinary crimes by the FBI if the FBI investigation does not reveal evidence that more than one crime was intended to be committed or that a network of individuals had prepared to carry out additional acts. Since these reported potential terrorist incidents may provide important early warnings that an organized terrorism effort is emerging, the researchers broadened the official definition to include suspected incidents and state and local officials' perceptions of crime due to terrorism. Three distinct jurisdictions with overlapping responsibilities for terrorism preparedness were surveyed in this study: (1) state law enforcement agencies, in most cases the state police, (2) organizations with emergency preparedness responsibilities and statewide authority but with limited powers of law enforcement, and (3) local law enforcement agencies, such a... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06566

Contents:

Part 1: State Law Enforcement Agency Data; Part 2: State Emergency Management Organization Data; Part 3: Local and Municipal Law Enforcement Agency Data; Part 4: SAS Data Definition Statements for State Law EnforcementAgency Data; Part 5: SAS Data Definition Statements for State EmergencyManagement Organization Data; Part 6: SAS Data Definition Statements for Local and MunicipalLaw Enforcement Agency Data; Part 7: User Guide

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Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61157433

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