Officers are trained to handle emergencies first, before securing the crime scene, even if valuable evidence could be lost or destroyed. Why is this critical? What factors should the responding officer consider when he realizes that he is on a “hot” call– a potentially dangerous situation that is currently unfolding? Which one of these factors played … Read more
Disaster research is available to emergency management practitioners from a variety of sources. Which source do you find most valuable and why? Find an article or presentation about a disaster research study from that source. Write a summary about how the study supports your position. Clarify the issues being discussed by relating them to scriptural … Read more
Define the term “disaster.” Then, choose a disaster category, describe the applicable phase(s) of emergency management, and discuss any sociological theories that must be considered. Clarify the issues being discussed by relating them to scriptural and biblical principles and personal experience.
After reading Slater’s Prison Break article, which discusses both the Norwegian prison system and the Prison Chief Bertsch’s application of those principles in the NDDCR, discuss the following points: What is your opinion of Leann Bertsch’s attempt to model the North Dakota state prison system after the Norway prison system? Do you believe the … Read more
Similar to Module 5: Week 5, using the 4 classical phases of disaster management, discuss how collaboration between public and private organizations can support phases 3 and 4 of the model. Choose a threat/hazard/disaster different from the Module 5: Week 5 Discussion prompt. Describe the possible interactions and involvement of each organization. Include in your discussion specific … Read more
Research Aafia Siddiqui, her background, her arrest, and her prosecution. In your research for outside sources pay attention to the materials in addition to maps, etc., found on her person during her arrest in Afghanistan. Focus on whether she is a terrorist or not, separate from the outcome of her trial. (A simple Google is … Read more
Following the homegrown jihadist terrorist attacks in Orlando and San Bernardino, there is a growing debate about the relationship between community policing and homeland security. Is community policing a tool that should be applied to homeland security? Why or why not?
How can technological advances support homeland security and emergency management? What are the current and possible future issues that need to be addressed? Based on your readings, how would you address these issues?
Investigative journalist Steve Emerson originally documented the existence of jihad in America. Then, Brian Jenkins found 46 publicly recorded attacks or attempted attacks from radicalized individuals between 9/11/2001 and December 2009. More recently, Ryan Mauro and the Clarion Project exposed radical Islamic groups inside America. Do you agree or disagree with these findings? If there … Read more
How do criminal justice professionals measure crime? What are their methods? What, in your opinion, are the strengths and weaknesses of each of these methods, and why? Do you think public perception of crime is aligned with the actual crime data that has been reported?