216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

Just a decade ago security had little claim to criminological attention. Today a combination of disciplinary paradigm shifts, policy changes, and world political events have pushed security to the forefront of the criminological agenda. Distinctions between public safety and private protection, policing and security services, national and international security are being eroded. Post-9/11 the... Read more

Introduction  Chapter 1: Semantics of Security  Chapter 2: A brief History of Security  Chapter 3: New Distributions of Security  Chapter 4: Security, Crime, and Criminal Justice  Chapter 5: Security as Industry  Chapter 6: Security and Counter-terrorism  Chapter 7: Governing Security

Biography

Lucia Zedner is Professor of Criminal Justice at the Law Faculty, Centre for Criminology, and Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, and Conjoint Professor, at the Law Faculty, University of New South Wales. Her most recent books are Criminal Justice (2004) and Crime and Security (2006, co-editor).