Modeling an Intelligence Analysis Profession on Medicine 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20185453 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Marrin, Jonathan D Clemente (0000-0001-8702-3683) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 642-665 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-0607 • E-ISSN: 1521-0561 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08850600600829882 |
| OpenAlex | W2074061346 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
For decades intelligence analysts have played a key role in national security decisionmaking of all kinds, and have increasingly been used by law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, and local levels, as well as by private industry. Yet, even with its rich history, intelligence analysis has historically been practiced more as a craft reliant on the intrinsic skill and expertise of the individual analysts than as a highly developed profession with structured personnel practices to select and develop desired characteristics, skills, and behaviors. For example, a key factor in the production of high quality intelligence analysis is the skill and ability of the intelligence analyst, yet no official standards exist to ensure the competency of individual analysts. Any occupation that lacks performance standards or other formal personnel practices will have difficulties improving both its practices and management, and this has been the case with intelligence analysis across its different disciplines. Fortunately, over the past few years many improvements in the practice of intelligence analysis have occurred in national security, law enforcement, and private industry, effectively beginning the process of turning intelligence analysis from a craft into a more highly developed profession. But this professionalization process has been spontaneous and its implementation haphazard. Stephen Marrin is a doctoral candidate in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics at the University of Virginia, specializing in the study of intelligence. He previously served as an analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency, and subsequently with the Congressional Government Accountability Office (GAO). Jonathan D. Clemente, M.D., is a physician in private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is currently writing a scholarly history of the United States medical intelligence program and medical support for clandestine operations from World War II to the present
Accountability · Intelligence analysis · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Health and Conflict Studies · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Law · Public Administration · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |