Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis

This book offers students the means of gaining the analytic skills essential to undertake intelligence work, and the understanding of how intelligence fits into the larger research framework. It covers not only the essentials of applied research, but also the function, structure, and operational methods specifically involved in intelligence work.

List of contents

Chapter 1
Intelligence Theory
Chapter 2
Intelligence Organizational Structures
Chapter 3
The Intelligence Research Process
Chapter 4
Clandestine and Covert Sources of Information
Chapter 5
Open Sources of Information
Chapter 6
Qualitative Analytics
Chapter 7
Quantitative Analytics
Chapter 8
Geointelligence
Chapter 9
Target Profiles
Chapter 10
Operational Assessments
Chapter 11
Vehicle Route Security Report
Chapter 12
Threat Assessments
Chapter 13
Vulnerability Assessments
Chapter 14
Risk Assessments
Chapter 15
National Security Policy Assessments
Chapter 16
Appendix-Critical Values of Chi-Square Distribution
Chapter 17
About the Author
Chapter 18
Index

About the author

Hank Prunckun, PhD is a research criminologist at the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University, Sydney.

Summary

This book offers students the means of gaining the analytic skills essential to undertake intelligence work, and the understanding of how intelligence fits into the larger research framework. It covers not only the essentials of applied research, but also the function, structure, and operational methods specifically involved in intelligence work.

Product details

• Authors: Hank Prunckun, Prunckun Hank
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781538125878
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2587-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series; Security and Professional Inte; Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series; Security and Professional Inte
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, Warfare & defence, Espionage & secret services, Warfare and defence, Espionage and secret services