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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Willis, Henry H.

Series:

Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-837-DHS.

Technical report ; TR-837-DHS

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Border security--United States--Evaluation.

Border security.

Strategic planning--United States.

Strategic planning.

United States. Department of Homeland Security--Planning.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (68 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-48).

ISBN:

1-282-94052-X

9786612940521

0-8330-5077-X

OCLC:

676696359