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Local Law Enforcement's Counter Terrorism Capabilities.

Abstract

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<p>The purpose of this study was to analyze local law enforcement's counter-terrorism capabilities as it relates to the varying size of United States local law enforcement agencies. Data for the study came from a study entitled "Impact of Terrorism on State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies and Criminal Justice Systems in the United States, 2004". Statistical analysis revealed that there are large disparities in the allocation of resources to intelligence gathering, analyzing, and sharing between smaller local law enforcement agencies and their larger counterparts. Furthermore, smaller agencies are not interacting with federal agencies in a manner consistent with the interactions between larger agencies and federal authorities. However, the study did reveal officers in smaller local law enforcement agencies have undertaken the duties of homeland security on a level commensurate with those in larger local law enforcement agencies.</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
MA (Master of Arts)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis - unrestricted
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Year dc:date.issued
2008

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Presnell, J. Ryan

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright by the authors.

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2014
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-3366

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citation

Presnell, J. Ryan. Local Law Enforcement's Counter Terrorism Capabilities.. Thesis - unrestricted thesis, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2014