Mark Button

Security Officers and Policing

Powers, Culture and Control in the Governance of Private Space

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the legal tools available to private security officers, how they utilize them and how they fit into the broader security systems. The book provides insights for researchers and policy-makers seeking to develop policy for the expanding private security industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781138264588
• ISBN-10: 113826458X
• Artikelnr.: 57049312

Autorenporträt

Dr Mark Button is a Principal Lecturer and Associate Head (Curriculum) at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, UK. Mark is an expert on private policing and security and has written extensively on these subjects.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Chapter 1 Power, Authority and the Security Officer:
Under-researched and Under-estimated?; Chapter 2 Researching Security
Officers; Chapter 3 The Legal Tools of Security Officers in England and
Wales; Chapter 4 Nodes of Governance: Pleasure Southquay and Armed
Industries; Chapter 5 'Knowledge is Power?': Security Officers'
Understanding of their Legal Tools; Chapter 6 Universal Legal Tools:
Consent, Coercion and Commonsense; Chapter 7 Select Legal Tools:
Compliance, Consent and Commonsense; Chapter 8 Occupational Hazards: Too
Many Masters, Isolation and Abuse; Chapter 9 'I'm a Security Guard Get Me
Out of Here!' The Cultural Characteristics of Private Security Officers;
Chapter 10 'Big Fish in Little Ponds', Security Officers and the Policing
of Private and Hybrid Space;