What are the five divisions or directorates of the Department of Homeland Security? What are the responsibilities of each?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer (should include points such as):

Border and Transportation Security is responsible for maintaining security at the nation's borders and transportations systems.
Emergency Preparedness and Response works to ensure that the nation is prepared for and able to recover from terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
Science and Technology coordinates the department's efforts in research and development, including preparing for and responding to the full range of terrorist threats involving weapons of mass destruction.
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection merges the functions of identifying and assessing a broad range of intelligence information concerning threats to the homeland, issuing timely warnings, and taking appropriate preventative and protective action.
Management is responsible for budgetary, managerial, and personnel issues within the DHS.

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Which of the following is an accurate statement of Taylor and Woods’ evaluation of conducted energy devices (CEDs)?

a. CEDs were found to reduce both officer and citizen injuries. b. CEDs were found to reduce officer injuries. c. CEDs were found to reduce citizen injuries. d. CEDs were found to increase citizen injuries.

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In what decade did the racial makeup of prisons change dramatically while radical political movements on the outside impacted correctional institutions?

a. 1950s b. 1960s c. 1970s d. 1980s

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Using data from a longitudinal study of Pittsburgh youth, Loeber identified distinct pathways to crime. Which pathway begins at an early age with stubborn behavior?

a. The authority conflict pathway b. The covert pathway c. The overt pathway d. The late bloomer pathway

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