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Release of the Country Reports on Terrorism 2007
US Department of State, DC - Apr 30, 2008
By making use of local cells, terrorists have been able to sidestep many of our border and transportation security measures. During the reporting period, ...
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What Will Homeland Security Cost? -
B HOBIJN - Economic Policy Review, 2002 - papers.ssrn.com
... A review of the evidence, however, suggests ... notably, the delays related to heightened
airport security and the ... a percentage of GDP; the solid line represents ...

Terrorism, Airport Security, and the Private Sector -
P Seidenstat - Review of Policy Research, 2004 - Blackwell Synergy
... more training, and establish a solid internal audit ... There is anecdotal evidence of
overabundant federal ... Eighty percent agree that airport security has improved ...

Safe Sharps Disposal in Public Restrooms, Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas -
JE Myers, S Eppes, D Lentine, TS Jones - Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, 2002 - Am Pharmacists Assoc
... discarded syringes put custodial staff and solid waste workers at ... New Airport Security
Measures ... unde- clared syringes without specific evidence of needing them ...

Reliable and valid measures of threat detection performance in X-ray screening -
F Hofer, A Schwaninger - IEEE ICCST Proceedings, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
... the day after 9/Il, many airport security screeners have ... this does not mean that
these measures are an ... ROC implied by signal detection theory (solid curve) and ...

Evidence gathering and projection devices using new technology forthe New Denver International …
WR Hill, E Inc, O Ridge - Security Technology, 1990. Crime Countermeasures, …, 1990 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
... security analysis and design include evidence gathering and ... electronic circuits use
all solid state devices ... Security Division, Albuquerque, Airport, Denver, CO ...

[PDF] Medical myths -
RC Vreeman, AE Carroll - BMJ: British Medical Journal, 2007 - epocrates.com
... early with better outcome than those identified late Confiscation of dangerous items,
arrest, evacuation by airport security teams Evidence based policies for ...
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PJ Cook - Crime & Just., 1986 - HeinOnline
... T'here is solid evidence that decisions to ... legal change have reported substantial
evidence that it ... by the introduction of airport security measures (Landes 1978 ...

… : Security management systems and the management of risk in the Canadian Air Transport Security …
MB Salter - Journal of Air Transport Management, 2007 - Elsevier
... offer suggestions as to what that solid data or ... must act even when the evidence of
a ... generation or air traffic control, airport security screening requires ...

AIRPORT LAUNCHES FOOD WASTE DIVERSION PROGRAM -
K Drake, S Bunn, D Blue - BIOCYCLE, 2004 - jgpress.com
... Since most airport vendors experience high employee turnover ... on a weekly basis providing
solid data for ... scraps, coffee grounds and other evidence of preconsumer ...

[DOC] Airport Security Screeners
M Burdacki, J Gaudio, M Hefner, M Kuneman, J … - faculty.dwc.edu
... Airport security is definitely something that needs to be improved upon. Since the
September 11 th attacks, security has been beefed up. The new measures are ...

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Airport security measures not backed by solid evidence

Did you pack your bags yourself?

There is no solid evidence that the huge amounts of money spent on airport security screening measures since September 11th are effective, argue researchers in this week’s Christmas issue of the BMJ.

Most screening programmes around the world are closely evaluated and heavily regulated before implementation. They rely on sound scientific and cost-benefit evidence before they are put into practice. Is airport security screening an exception, ask Eleni Linos and colleagues?

They reviewed evidence for the effectiveness of airport security screening measures, comparing it to the evidence required by the UK National Screening Committee criteria to justify medical screening programmes.

Despite worldwide airport protection costing an estimated $5.6 billion every year, they found no comprehensive studies evaluating the effectiveness of passenger or hand luggage x-ray screening, metal detectors or explosive detection devices. There was also no clear evidence of testing accuracy.

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) defends its measures by reporting that more than 13 million prohibited items were intercepted in one year. But, argue the authors, there is no way of knowing what proportion of these items would have led to serious harm.

This raises several questions, they say, such as what is the sensitivity of the screening question: ‘Did you pack all your bags yourself?’ and has anyone ever said ‘no’? What are the ethical implications of pre-selecting high risk groups? Are new technologies that ‘see’ through clothes acceptable and what hazards should we screen for?

While there may be other benefits to rigorous airport screening, the absence of publicly available evidence to satisfy even the most basic criteria of a good screening programme concerns us, they write.

They call for airport security screening to be open to public and academic debate.

Rigorously evaluating the current system is only the first step for building a future airport security programme that is more user-friendly, cost-effective and, ultimately, protects passengers from realistic threats, they conclude.

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