Soft Targets and Crisis Management : What Emergency Planners and Security Professionals Need to Know

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Soft Targets and Crisis Management : What Emergency Planners and Security Professionals Need to Know

Title remainder

What Emergency Planners and Security Professionals Need to Know

Statement of responsibility

edited by Michael J. Fagel and Jennifer Hesterman

Contributor

• Fagel, Michael J.
• Hesterman, Jennifer

Editor

• Fagel, Michael J.
• Hesterman, Jennifer

Subject

• Crisis management
• Crisis management -- United States
• Emergency management
• Emergency management -- United States
• Public safety
• Public safety -- United States
• Terrorism -- Prevention
• Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention

Language

eng

Summary

Uniting the best of Michael Fagel and Jennifer Hesterman's books in the fields of homeland security and emergency management, the editors of this volume present the prevailing issues affecting the homeland security community today. Many natural and man-made threats can impact our communities-but these well-known and highly respected authors create order from fear, guiding the reader through risk assessment, mitigation strategies, community EOC planning, and hardening measures based upon real-life examples, case studies, and current research in the practice. As terrorist attacks and natural disasters continue to rock the world, Soft Targets and Crisis Management emphasizes the vulnerability of soft targets like schools, churches, and hospitals, and presents the methodology necessary to respond and recover in the event of a crisis in those arenas. Features: Based on ASIS award-winning texts, Provides a multi-faceted look at crisis management principles, Offers community-specific examples for diverse locales and threat centers, Includes up-to-date case studies on soft target attacks from around the world. A must-read for security, emergency management, and criminal justice professionals, Soft Targets and Crisis Management: What Emergency Planners and Security Professionals Need to Know is a crucial text for practitioners seeking to make the world a safer place for others.--

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Dewey number

658.4

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

T&F EBS eBooks