Defending the Homeland: Domestic Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and Security (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series.) (Paperback)

by Jonathan R. White (Author)

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"I’ve only had this book for little over a week and I’m simply astounded at the simplicity and truthfulness of the contents. The author has written about issues facing law enforcement on information and intelligence sharing, what works, what doesn’t. I have just made it a required text for my fall classes. His one statement brings the focus of the book to heart...’Despite the police fetish for secrecy, the reasons for not sharing crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11’."

Product Description
The United States government is reorganizing to increase domestic security. How will these changes impact the American criminal justice system ? DEFENDING THE HOMELAND: DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND SECURITY is the only book that illustrates up-to-the minute information on how our criminal justice system has changed since 9/11. Written by an expert on academic leave to provide training for the Department of Defense, White provides an insider's look at issues related to restructuring of federal law enforcement and recent policy challenges. The book discusses the problem of bureaucracy, interaction between the law enforcement and intelligence communities, civil liberties, and theories of war and police work. From a practical perspective, the book examines offensive and defensive strategies. The book gives an introduction to violent international religious terrorism and an overview of domestic terrorist problems still facing law enforcement.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 1 edition (April 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534621694
• ISBN-13: 978-0534621698
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #428,985 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The 'MUST Read' for law enforcement intelligence students, October 14, 2004

By	M. Conrad Hunter (Southern California) - See all my reviews

Jonathan R. White's Defending the Homeland: Domestic Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and Security is the book I assign as the keystone text for a Law Enforcement Intelligence course. It is a `must read' because it correctly portrays intelligence as both art and science, deeply rooted in action-making tangible things happen, getting real things done-by reducing warfare to its simplest level and thereby limiting the negative effects of susceptibilities such as fog, chance, and friction. This volume makes sense of how the traditionally polar fields of law enforcement and intelligence can develop a symbiotic relationship for synergistic effect.

Because it is one of the first sources for this argument, it serves as a measuring stick for both policy and operational analysis. It examines the concepts, uses, and limits of strategic intelligence in contrast to operational imperatives. Very little has been previously offered in law enforcement intelligence beyond rhetoric-which are sound as far as they go-such as, `intelligence is the key to the problem', or `the support of the population must be won'. Students and practitioners tasked with, or having previously experienced the responsibility of actually executing missions will appreciate this book the most.

The essence of the book can clearly be defined as delineating the parameters of low intensity conflict and law enforcement; to deduce from them the principles of asymmetric warfare, and to outline the corresponding strategy and tactics.