Hank Prunckun

Scientific Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since 9/11, the needs of intelligence agencies as well as the missions they conduct have increased in number, size, and complexity. This expanded and updated edition offers a way of gaining the analytic skills essential to undertake intelligence work. It acquaints students and analysts with how intelligence fits into the larger research framework, covering not only the essentials of applied research, but also the function, structure, and operational methods specifically involved in intelligence work. It looks at how analysts work with classified information in a security conscious environment as well as obtain data via covert methods.

Produktdetails

• Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9781442224322
• ISBN-10: 1442224320
• Artikelnr.: 40846338

Autorenporträt

By Hank Prunckun

Inhaltsangabe

Editor's Foreword Preface 1 Intelligence Theory 2 Intelligence
Organizational Structures 3The Intelligence Research Process 4The
Scientific Method of Inquiry 5 Intelligence Research Methodologies 6 Idea
Generation and Conceptualization 7 Unobtrusive Data Collection 8 Open
Sources of Information 9 Clandestine and Covert Sources of Information 10
Content Analysis of Qualitative Data 11 Qualitative Analytics 12 Target
Profiles 13 Tactical Assessments 14 Vehicle Route Analysis 15 Geographic
Analysis 16 Quantitative Analytics 17 Displaying Information in Figures and
Tables 18 Threat, Vulnerability and Risk Assessments 19 Strategic
Intelligence Assessments 20 Decision Support Analysis 21 Basics of
Defensive Counterintelligence 22 Ethics in Intelligence Research
Appendix-Critical Values of Chi-Square Distribution Index About the Author