The DHS incorporates several dozen offices and agencies, many of them previously assigned to other departments and some entirely new. They include the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Secret Service (USSS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and the newly created Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Surveys reveal that seventy-five percent (75%) of
the general public have been victimized by crime at least once in their lives.
25% of these experienced PTSD or the post-traumatic stress disorder- a condition whose symptoms include anxiety,
self-destructive behavior, depression and
other symptoms for over a decade after their victimization. <span>victimized cost the victim of damaged
property, pain and suffering and involvement with police and other agencies.</span>
