Understanding the Role of Deterrence in Counterterrorism Security
Abstract
This paper is one in the series New Ideas in Homeland Security, a set of RAND Corporation research papers on fundamental questions of homeland security in the United States. Each paper explores different approaches to ongoing homeland security policy problems. In doing so, they frame the kinds of questions that must be considered if policies shaping homeland security are to be effective. This paper offers a framework for understanding how security systems may deter or merely displace attacks and how to establish the relative deterrent value of alternative security systems. Because deterrence may be the most important effect of some counterterrorism security programs, this framework may be useful to security policymakers who are trying to improve the security benefits they can achieve with limited resources.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA515296
Entities
People
- Andrew R Morral
- Brian A. Jackson
Organizations
- RAND Corporation