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Applying Situational Crime Prevention To Terrorism Against Stadiums, Emanuel Maurice Yeoman
Applying Situational Crime Prevention To Terrorism Against Stadiums, Emanuel Maurice Yeoman
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
According to recent studies, there has been increasing concern of terrorist threats to U.S. stadiums. The research problem is that existing U.S. stadium policies, procedures, and plans do not adequately address evacuation of special populations in the event of a terrorist threat. There is a particular concern regarding the adequacy of existing stadium evacuation plans for patrons with special needs. In the current study there were three research questions examining the organizational deficiencies and best practices of stadium evacuation plans currently in place to respond to terrorist threats How situational crime prevention (SCP) can help in the identification of deficiencies …
Stakeholders' Explanations Of The State Of Cricket In Barbados, Derek Mcdonald Alleyne
Stakeholders' Explanations Of The State Of Cricket In Barbados, Derek Mcdonald Alleyne
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Policy processes influence decision-making and when processes are influenced by multiple stakeholders, individual interests can go against the general good of the organization or community. The multiple stakeholders of cricket in Barbados have governed the development of cricket. Over the last 30 years the sport has been on a steady decline evidenced by the low attendance at games and the number of teams and individuals playing the sport. At a time when the sport has been growing at the international level, the decline in the fortunes of the sport in Barbados had led to a climate of mistrust and blame …