For this paper, there is considerable flexibility in your research topic. As I suggested in regard to the policy memos, you may want to integrate your personal academic interest into the topic for the research paper. For example, you may be researching the police in another course and could research how local law enforcement has been integrated into the homeland security or natural disaster mission. This does not mean all CJ issues can be viewed as Homeland Security issues. For example, a research paper in how border enforcement seeks to prevent trafficking in persons would be a homeland security issue, but a general paper on human trafficking in the US would not meet the homeland security requirements for this assignment.
I usually don’t have too many problems with topics not focused on the course topic because you are required to use 5 citations in the paper from the course materials (either lectures or the assigned readings). This ensures that you will not choose a topic that I cannot accept because it is outside the course subject of homeland security and terrorism. It also is in response to recent attempts to use AI or other services to write research papers.
The research paper should be between 12 – 15 pages of double-spaced text, not including the endnotes. The Endnote section will contain all your cited material from lectures or other research materials. I will reduce the grade for research papers that have 20 or more pages of text because the paper is an exercise in supporting strong research findings within the time and space constraints of your audience. An abstract is NOT required for the paper. The formatting of the paper text and reference page must comply with either APA 6thedition or MLA 8thedition style requirements.
MY FIVE IN COURSE MATERIAL
1. Gregg, H. S. (2014). Defining and Distinguishing Secular and Religious Terrorism. Perspectives on Terrorism, 8(2). Available by pressing PDF at: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/336
Links to an external site.
2. Three chapters from the 9/11 Commission Report:
— Ch. 1 “We Have Some Planes”
— Ch. 2 “The Foundation of New Terrorism”
— Ch. 5 “Al Qaeda Aims at the American Homeland
( THIS IS THE REPORT )
Report available at: https://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf
3. https://www.dropbox.com/s/spudqzj12x1n77m/NYPD%20reaches%20settlement%20with%20NJ%20Muslim%20groups%20over%20spying.pdf?dl=0
4. . Nacos, B. L. (2016). Terrorism and Counterterrorism, 5th or 6th Editions. Routledge, New York .
– The Perennial Debate: What Is Terrorism? Chapter two
( I UPLOADED A PICTURE OF THE CHAPTER FOR REFRENCE
5. Bullock J. A. Haddow G. D. & Coppola D. P. (2017). Homeland security: the essentials (Second). Butterworth-Heinemann. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128044650
( THIS IS THE INFO FOR CHAPTER 5 ) BELOW
– The Intelligence Community
– The US Intelligence Community (IC) is made up of 16 agencies and organizations that operate within the executive branch and work both independently and collaboratively to gather the intelligence necessary to conduct national security activities (among other activities). The IC works to collect and convey essential security-related information to the president and members of the policymaking, law enforcement, and military communities as they need to carry out their required functions and duties. Within the US government, the IC has developed in a manner that has resulted in its many components being spread out across the vast range of civilian and military departments (Fig. 5-1). While the number of actual agencies has expanded and contracted over time, today 16 agencies perform this function. These agencies include (DNI, 2016a,b):
– Air Force Intelligence
– Army Intelligence
– Central Intelligence Agency
– Coast Guard Intelligence
– Defense Intelligence Agency
– Department of Energy Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
– Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence & Analysis
– Department of State Bureau of Intelligence & Research
– Department of the Treasury Office of Intelligence & Analysis
– Drug Enforcement Administration Office of National Security Intelligence
– Federal Bureau of Investigation National Security Branch
– Marine Corps Intelligence
– National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
– National Reconnaissance Office
– National Security Agency
– Naval Intelligence
