LibGuides: SEM-5200: Week 1 Resources

Week 1 Resources

Soft Targets and Crisis Management by Michael J. Fagel (Editor); Jennifer Hesterman (Editor)
ISBN: 9781315451091
Publication Date: 2016-09-19
Fagel, M. J., & Hesterman, J. L. (2017). Soft targets and crisis management: What emergency planners and security professionals need to know. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
Chapter 13, pages 222-234 and Chapter 22, pages 392-395 from this book will provide context on schools as soft targets and describe what hardening of schools might look like.
Soft Target Hardening by Jennifer Hesterman
ISBN: 9780429422966
Publication Date: 2018-12-07
Hesterman, J. L. (2019). Soft target hardening: Protecting people from attack. Routledge.
Read Chapter 4 (pp. 97-113), Chapter 5 (pp. 165), Chapter 6 (pp. 201-224), and Chapter 7 (pp. 277-285) from this book. These chapters will define soft targets and describe what makes soft targets vulnerable. Ways of mitigating vulnerabilities will also be discussed. This book also provides a K-12 threat assessment and response checklist.

U. S. Department of Homeland Security Soft Targets and Crowded Places Security Plan Overview
Department of Homeland Security. (2018). U.S. Department of Homeland Security Soft Targets and Crowded Places Security Plan Overview.
Read pages 1-2. The introduction to this DHS security plan overview will provide you with definitions and explanations of soft targets.