Private Security Vol 1 [Paperback]

Private security is now a multi-billion pound industry employing more personnel than the police. The authors provide incisive insights into the security world, scanning its weaknesses and exploring its potential. Based upon original research, supported by years of experience, they suggest that new ways of looking at the modern security world are long overdue. Private Security is a highly innovative book containing a wealth of up-to-date material. It is the definitive guide to the security world.PART 1: INTRODUCTION Private Security Defined? The Origins of Private Policing and Private Security The Growth of Private Security PART 2: A FRAGMENTED INDUSTRY: THE ORGANISATIONS, SERVICES AND PRODUCTS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY Organisations Manned Security Services Private Sector Detention Services Security Storage and Shredding Services The Professional Security Services Security Products The Margins of the Private Security Industry PART 3: AN INTEGRATED SERVICE: CASE STUDIES IN THE USE OF PRIVATE SECURITY The Use of Private Security: An Integrated Service Retail Security Aviation Security Entertainment Security Ministry of Defence Security PART 4: REGULATION AND THE PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY Regulation and the Private Security Industry

'This book is most timely in its publication due to the recent massive growth in the private security industry and the problems this in itself has created. It provides a detailed account of the complexity of those problems and embraces the need for integration and co-ordination across the spectrum of crime prevention. The regulation of the industry is critical to its future success if it is to work in harmony with the statutory agencies and ensure that common goals of 'policing' are pursued. Both Bruce George and Mark Button, though this book, have made an outstanding contribution to the ongoing debate.' - Sir John Stevens QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

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