Aviation security : after four decades, it's time for a fundamental review / / Brian Michael Jenkins.

• Superior document: Occasional paper ; OP-390-RC (2012)
• Author: Rand Corporation.; Jenkins, Brian Michael.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rand Corporation.; RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-390.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (11 p.)
• Notes: "RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center."

While security budgets shrink, passenger loads grow, and hostility towards security procedures increases, terrorist groups such as al Qaeda remain obsessed with attacking airplanes. In the face of these challenges and real, innovative threats, the author proposes a mechanism for conducting an indepe...