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Explain the role the federal government has in regulating security. What additional areas would you like to see the government involved in? What areas should the government not regulate regarding private security? Apply the philosophies of Button and White to your analysis and justify?
Nuclear weapons were one of the greatest challenges humanity faced during the Cold War. How did the United States and the Soviet Union differ in their approach to the production of nuclear arms? Based on the evidence presented in the lecture, do you think the invention of nuclear weapons was a mistake or were the production of such weapons necessary? Explain your position.
Describe the challenges faced by US Customs and Border Protection agents attempting to secure the border. Be sure to include:
What is the functional equivalent of the border? Give an example.
What is the Fourth amendment exception as it pertains to border searches?
How are seizure statistics used to justify the mission of border security? Should they be.
What are “open markets and closed borders” as it pertains to smuggling, free trade, and border enforcement?
What are the challenges of facilitating legal border crossings while maintaining secure borders?
What has been the economic impact of terrorism on U.S. and Global Markets since 9/11 look at this from 9/11 to the present?
What has been the impact of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) agreements on cross border trade in North America?
Much has been said, both good and bad, about the size of the Department of Homeland Security. After reading the following articles, you will provide your thoughts if the Department of Homeland Security is adequately organized to address current and emerging threats and opportunities in homeland security? Defend your position.
Johnson-Freese (Links to an external site.), J. (2015, March 27). DHS: The department of everything? (Links to an external site.) Breaking Defense. Retrieved from http://breakingdefense.com/2015/03/dhs-the-departm…
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security. (2017, January 9). Homeland security the need for essential change: Four models of decision for improved governance and a resilient nation (Links to an external site.). [PDF, file size 248 KB] Retrieved from https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/admini…
Read the articles and write an article review of one of the articles using the following format:
Give the full citation of the journal article.
Summarize the key points and findings in the article.
Assess the structure of the Department of Homeland Security and determine if the organization is adequately structured to meet its mission requirements. Be sure to include the relationship of the article to course material, how it relates to criminal justice components.
Analyze the article from your own viewpoint. What are your thoughts and opinions? How can you support your views with course material as well as outside material?
What questions does the article raise that you would like to explore further?
For this assignment, you are to assess a threat of your choice and elaborate on items 1-6 below:
Identify a potential threat.
Identify the threat’s motivation, capabilities, and history.
Choose an organization.
Identify the organization’s assets.
What tactics might the chosen threat use against the organization?
Will such tactics be effective? Why or why not?
You have been asked to make a recommendation to homeland security agencies to better utilize technology to mitigate illegal border activities. In this assignment, you will develop an essay that captures border security activities and the effectiveness of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), also known as unmanned aerial systems (UAS) technology, to thwart illegal border activities.
Your task is to evaluate 3 separate UAV/UAS technologies. Examples include but are not limited to the following:
Tethered aerostat
MQ-9 Predator B
The Shadow
Prepare recommendations for the selected technologies.
Assignment Guidelines
In this assignment, you will evaluate 3 separate UAV/UAS technologies currently in use or in consideration for use for border protection/homeland security.
First, provide brief descriptions of approximately 50–100 words for each UAV/UAS technology selected.
Next, provide a thorough assessment of each. A thorough assessment includes evaluating the following:
Price
Capabilities
Vulnerabilities
Threats
Political implications
Is it wise for Americans to insulate themselves and ignore what is happening beyond their borders?
Is it wise for Americans to insulate themselves and ignore what is happening beyond their borders?
Write a case assessment based on one of the soldiers in the New York Times article, “One Battalion’s Wrenching Deployment to Afghanistan” (link is available in the Week 5 resources). Include at least five strengths, five potential challenges, and five assessment/interview questions for that particular soldier.
Describe the roles that are played by the USA PATRIOT Act, Military Commissions Act, and Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 in combatting terrorism.
How can homeland security strategies be implemented through community policing? How can homeland security strategies be implemented through community policing?