By Jonathan Miller – Executive Summary – The objective of this thesis is to identify the extent to which defining cyberspace as a domain will affect the formulation of homeland security enterprise (HSE) policy related to cyberspace in the future. …
The Space Between: Policy Implications for the Conceptualization of Cyberspace as a Domain →
By Pardeep Deol – Executive Summary – The inevitability of police officer stress highlights the need for options to manage it. Given the health benefits of cannabis and increasing support for its legalized recreational use, gridlocking policy at a complete …
When Is It Okay to Be High? A Guide for Law Enforcement Off-Duty Use of Cannabis →
By Robert Hutchens – Executive Summary – The next significant advance in wildland firefighting tactics may be using swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to perform fire attacks on wildland fires before they burn out of control. Swarms are autonomous …
The Next Generation of Wildland Firefighting: Using UAV Swarms for Fire Attack →
By Benjamin Greer – Executive Summary – Human trafficking is a dynamic, transient crime, but California’s response to it is static and stale.[1] Human trafficking is often described as a process crime wherein the victim is compelled or coerced into …
By Richard Fields – Executive Summary – The latter part of the 20th century saw exponential growth in programs designed to provide federal cash and resource aid to states and other government entities. The 1960s marked the most substantial growth …
Well-Funded: A Reorientation of Public Safety Grants for a Safer Homeland →
By Shena Kohler – Executive Summary – This thesis characterizes corrections as a discipline consistently operating in unpredictable conditions, under which a failure would create cascading effects with significant consequences for the institutions, staff, inmates, and community. This thesis suggests …
Institutionalizing Resilience: Catastrophic Power Outage Planning for Correctional Institutions →
By Kristen Duquette – Executive Summary – The time to act is now. Government leaders cannot ignore the changing nature, complexities, and grave consequences of non-kinetic warfare. Cognitive and technical modes continue to outpace defense systems and warfare strategies that …
The Disabled Soldier: A Case for Disabled Americans in the U.S. Armed Service →
By Richard Ridlon – Executive Summary – Public safety, particularly law enforcement, is increasingly impacted by decreased personnel and qualified applicants. Law enforcement agencies from all sectors—federal, state, and local—are simultaneously experiencing dramatic decreases in staffing along with a significant …
By Persefini Redden – Executive Summary – A. PROBLEM STATEMENT For over 15 years, public health departments have been receiving federal funding to prepare for responses to public health emergencies.[1] Public health departments submit written response plans as stipulated by …
By Mark Leahey – Executive Summary – Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUUF) is a growing problem for the United States in the Western Pacific, especially in the Oceania region. Oceania extends from Australia to Hawaii and includes several U.S. …
