Handbook of Scientific Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis acquaints the reader with how intelligence fits into the larger research framework. It covers not only the essentials of applied research but also explains the function, structure, and operational methods specifically involved in intelligence work. For instance, it looks at how analysts work with classified information in a security conscious environment, as well as obtaining data via covert methods. The reader is left with little doubt about what intelligence is and how it is developed using scientific methods of inquiry.
Author Biography
Hank Prunckun is adjunct associate professor of criminal intelligence at the Australian Graduate School of Policing, Charles Sturt University, Sydney. He is the author of Shadow of Death: An Analytic Bibliography on Political Violence, Terrorism, and Low-Intensity Conflict (Scarecrow, 1995) and Special Access Required: A Practitioner's Guide to Law Enforcement Intelligence Literature (Scarecrow, 1990).
