By Christopher Gojcz – Executive Summary – No clear guidance outlines how to use force or which type of force might be reasonable in confrontations with autonomous vehicles, leaving law enforcement without clear parameters to guide their interdiction decisions. This …
By Michael Giardina – Executive Summary – Across the nation, emergency management agencies are increasingly becoming involved in the management of so-called wicked problems in their communities. Wicked problems are those that evade resolution and are difficult to manage through …
By Jose Garcia – Executive Summary – Policing requires that officers make serious choices when faced with various criminal occurrences, often with the mandate to bring order to situations towards achieving safe, non-violent outcomes. Officers often decide tactics, deployment strategies, …
By Eric Fried – Executive Summary – This thesis explores potential frameworks for interagency collaboration to combat the illicit use of cryptocurrency. A 2019 study by the non-profit Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) research group identified the use of cryptocurrencies …
Uniting U.S. Agencies to Fight the Illicit Use of Cryptocurrency →
By David Follett – Executive Summary – The purpose of this thesis was to analyze the potential threat synthetic biology can produce when it is combined with advanced technology regarding dual-use research, dual-use research of concern, and ultimately gain-of-function research. …
Dual-Use Research and Synthetic Biology an Invitation into Pandora’s Box? →
By Matthew Davison – Executive Summary – Electoral violence was a common occurrence during Reconstruction (1865-1877). The concentrated terror around voting rights and elections was not random. Nearly every local and national election during the decade after the Civil War …
Reconstruction Terror: Origins, Applications, and Implications →
By Jeremy Chedester – Executive Summary – This thesis sets out to investigate how strategic communications can be incorporated into countering domestic violent extremist (DVE) violence in the United States. Strategic communications use messaging or counternarratives based on research and …
Word Bombs: Using Strategic Communication to Counter Domestic Violent Extremists →
By Denise Bordelon – Executive Summary – Tribal nations are an important part of the homeland security community, as tribal lands form both north and south U.S. borders, employ 4,500 law enforcement personnel, and comprise 100 million acres.[1] The 574 …
Establishing Stronger Bonds and Preparing for Future Disasters in Tribal Communities →
By Michael Williams – Executive Summary – For many years, school violence has been a major concern for school administrators and local law enforcement.[1] As a result of school violence, teachers are leaving the profession at an alarming rate, leaving …
By Jeni Best – Executive Summary – The tragic events of 9/11 fundamentally changed how the United States approached personal and homeland security. American citizens questioned how terrorists could operate undetected for so long in the United States and how such …
