Evil Done Vulnerability Assessment:

Background

Historically, a major focus of the government and society has been placed on public safety and crime prevention at the individual or micro-level; more recently, however, the focus has been placed upon protecting large clusters of society at the macrolevel. Following the events of September 11th, 2001, national attention has been captivated by terrorism and terrorism prevention. Between 1970 and 2011, there have been 104,689 documented cases of terrorism around the world, 2,362 of which occurred in the United States. These terrorist attacks have resulted in 228,526 fatalities, 299,202 injured persons, and billions of dollars in property damage (Global Terrorism Database, 2012). Parallel to this time of increased focus on terrorism prevention, adequate funding to support new departments or increased terrorism prevention efforts in existing departments was unattainable (Leson, 2005). It was, and still is, unrealistic to expect local, state, or federal authorities to fund additional personnel and equipment in addition to their daily costly behaviors