1st Edition

Governing Security Explorations of Policing and Justice

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

    188 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, including:

    * What significant changes have occurred in the governance of security?
    * What implications do these changes have for collective life?
    * What new imaginings may be needed to reshape security?
    * What ethical factors need to be considered in formulating such new imaginings?

    The authors conclude bringing together descriptive, explanatory and normative considerations to access how justice can be conceived within the governance of security.

    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