The security needs assessment protocol
Subtitle: improving operational effectiveness through community security
By: Derek B. Miller and Lisa Rudnick
Contributors: Rudnick, Lisa B., 1969-; United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York; Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
Subjects: Public safety; Fieldwork; Community policing; National security; Social aspects; Civil defense
Description: The Security Needs Assessment Protocol (SNAP) project of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is working to improve operational effectiveness--meaning the impact and sustainable success of any undertaking designed to effect social change in a community--in humanitarian, development and security operations by improving the design of field-level activities that pertain to community security. The project aims to create a systematic and rapid means of assessing local security problems as they are understood by community members themselves. This Protocol could be applied by interested agencies to conduct cooperative cultural research in the community, and then use the knowledge gained to better align resources with local needs.
Notes: UNIDIR (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research) 2008/4.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic version available on the UNIDIR website.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Convergence; title: The impasse; title: A way forward; title: Final thoughts.