Terror, security, and money
Subtitle: balancing the risks, benefits, and costs of homeland security
By: John Mueller and Mark G. Stewart
Contributors: Stewart, Mark G., 1961-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780199795758; 9780199795765
Subjects: Terrorism; Costs; Prevention; National security; Cost effectiveness
Other titles: Balancing the risks, benefits, and costs of homeland security
Description: In seeking to evaluate the efficacy of post-9/11 homeland security expenses - which have risen by more than a trillion dollars, not including war costs - the common query has been, 'are we safer?' This, however, is the wrong question. Of course we are 'safer' - the posting of a single security guard at one building's entrance enhances safety. The correct question is, 'are any gains in security worth the funds expended?' This book applies risk and cost-benefit evaluation techniques to answer this very question.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-252) and index.
Table of contents: title: Assessing risk; title: Terrorism as a hazard to human life; title: The full costs of terrorism; title: Evaluating homeland security spending; title: Protecting the homeland : some parameters; title: Homeland protection : infrastructure; title: Protecting the airlines; title: Assessing policing, mitigation, resilience; title: Conclusions and political realities; title: Appendix. The risk assessment process.