Ten Uncertainties of Risk-Management Approaches to Security

This paper examines 10 sources of uncertainty in any risk-management system and illustrates them in security measures against terrorism. First, any risk assessment is an uncertain knowledge claim about contingent future events that cannot be fully known. Second, only some risks can be selected for a...

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Main Author: Ericson, Richard Victor (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2006
In: Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
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