1st Edition

Selling Security

By Alison Wakefield Copyright 2003
276 Pages
by Willan

280 Pages
by Willan

In recent years there has been massively increased demand for the services of the private security industry, which has now assumed a far greater role in policing areas that were once the sphere of the police --for example, shopping malls, leisure parks and transportation terminals. This book provides a detailed account of the developments in urban planning, public policy and the commercial world... Read more
Contents Introduction Part 1 Understanding Private Policing 1 Theorising private policing 2 Mass private property in Britain 3 The 'security quilt' 4 The security industry Part 2 Private Policing in Operation 5 Case studies in private security 6 The security client 7 The security company 8 The security officer 9 Private security and public policing Part 3 Conclusion 10 Conclusion Index

Biography

Wakefield, Alison