A review of public data about terrorism and targeted violence to meet U.S. Department of Homeland Security mission needs

Introduction -- A Review of Department of Homeland Security Data Needs -- The Current State of Databases on Terrorism and Targeted Violence -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Databases Identified -- Appendix B: Databases Selected -- Appendix C: Scoring Fields for Self-Reported Quality...

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Authors: Eyerman, Joe (Author) ; Donohue, Richard H. (Author) ; Chandler, Nathan 1982- (Author) ; Reese, Tucker (Author)
Corporate Author: Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (Issuing body)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND 2021
In:Year: 2021
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Keywords:
Terrorism > Prevention > Government policy > United States
Terrorism > United States > Prevention
Terrorism ; Prevention
Terrorism ; Prevention ; Government policy
United States
USA > USA > Department of Homeland Security > Terrorismus > Gewalt > Politik > Kriminalität > Bekämpfung > Innere Sicherheit
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Summary:Introduction -- A Review of Department of Homeland Security Data Needs -- The Current State of Databases on Terrorism and Targeted Violence -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Databases Identified -- Appendix B: Databases Selected -- Appendix C: Scoring Fields for Self-Reported Quality-Control Measures.
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
Item Description:Title from PDF document (viewed August 27, 2021)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-69)
Physical Description:xvi, 69 Seiten 28 cm
Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
ISBN:1977406955
9781977406958
DOI:10.7249/RRA1203-1