Contemporary Issues in Aviation Security

Write a 2,000 word (+/-5%, excluding references) critical essay on screening of the person a. their carry-on luggage for prohibited items, as it is implemented in aviation. This is not about profiling — this is about screening of people and their hand luggage for prohibited items.
The scope of your essay should be fairly general in its first 30%; for example, here you could describe how screening 0 implemented a. why — perhaps how screening 00 into the wider context of aviation security.
In the next 10-15%, you could give evidence of how security screening has failed. In the remainder of your essay, the emphasis must be on a critical analysis of the screening process. That is, you must present evidence, particularly that from peer reviewed academic journals, both for and against screening.
draw a conclusion that logically follows on from the evidence that you have presented. Feel free to focus in on any aspects you may find particularly interesting. It is imperative that you refer to proper academic literature in your essay by using references. Assertions. opinions, anecdotes made with no reference to proper academic literature will not gain any marks.

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