A review of public data about terrorism and targeted violence to meet U.S. Department of Homeland Security mission needs / Joe Eyerman, Richard H. Donohue, Nathan Chandler, Tucker Reese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eyerman, Joe, author.

Donohue, Richard H., 1950- author.

Chandler, Nathan, 1982- author.

Reese, Tucker, author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate.

Rand Corporation. Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center.

Rand Corporation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--United States.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy.

United States.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Physical Description:

xvi, 69 pages ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2021.

Summary:

In September 2019, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence, which calls for better data resources to support DHS efforts to understand and prevent terrorism and targeted violence. This report provides an independent review of DHS needs, existing prominent databases, the alignment of existing databases with DHS data needs, and the quality of prominent databases on terrorism and targeted violence. Results indicate that DHS data needs are broad and complex and that many can be addressed by available unclassified databases. However, several gaps remain. Results also show that the current databases are of sufficient quality for DHS analytic needs but that a gap exists in quality assurance practices in that they are applied inconsistently across the field. Finally, the study shows that many of the available databases were developed to respond to the threat and policy environments in which they were created and that evolving strategic needs and emerging issues could require new definitions, significant updates, and, potentially, new construction of databases to meet DHS needs.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction

ch. Two A Review of Department of Homeland Security Data Needs

Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence

DHS Mission and Goals

Legislation

Other DHS or DHS-Related Publications

Conclusion

ch. Three The Current State of Databases on Terrorism and Targeted Violence

Conclusions

ch. Four Conclusions and Recommendations

Gap Analysis

Recommendations for Meeting Data Needs

APPENDIXES

A. Databases Identified

B. Databases Selected

C. Scoring Fields for Self-Reported Quality-Control Measures.

Notes:

Title from PDF document (viewed August 27, 2021).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-69).

Description from electronic resource.

ISBN:

1977406955

9781977406958

OCLC:

1266312247