1st Edition

Governing Security Explorations of Policing and Justice

By Clifford D. Shearing, Les Johnston Copyright 2003
192 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Government has been radically transformed over the past few decades. These transformations have been mirrored in, and often prefigured by, changes in the governance of security - mentalities, institutions, technologies and practices used to promote secure environments. This book traces the nature of these governmental changes by looking at security. It examines a variety of related questions,... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Dimensions of Governance, Philip Stenning; Chapter 3 The Punishment Mentality and Coercive Technologies; Chapter 4 Historical Shifts in Security Governance; Chapter 5 Corporate Initiatives; Chapter 6 Zero-Tolerance, Community Policing and Part nership; Chapter 7 Security Governance in Britain; Chapter 8 Nodal Governance, Security and Justice;

Biography

Les Johnston, Clifford Shearing