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.
"When did workplace violence, soft targets, crisis management and software breaches become the daily concern of industry leaders? For some, it's still "let the security/or the HR/or the software guys worry about it. I'll just keep my eye on production.
Unfortunately that narrowed focus won't keep businesses safe or hack-free. There are just too many bad guys out there to track them all. But as authors Drs. Fagel and Hesterman show us, we have some pretty powerful tools at hand to keep the vandals at bay."
-Blue Heron Journal
"This book is general enough to recommend an all-hazards approach for routine events, yet specialized enough to include segments on church security, hospital business continuity, sports venues, schools, public health systems, and active shooter scenarios. It contains updates to historically tried-and-true concepts such as target hardening, while articulating the need for less- conventional-strategies like fusion centers for sharing intelligence and cybercrime defenses.This is a well written must-read for security managers, emergency planners, and first responders. It is also an excellent textbook for instructors and professors."-Jim Murray, CPP, ASIS International
