Selling security : the private policing of public space /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wakefield, Alison.
Imprint:	Cullompton, Devon, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiv, 252 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Private security services -- Great Britain. Police, Private -- Great Britain. Public spaces -- Great Britain. City planning -- Great Britain. Retail trade -- Security measures -- Great Britain. City planning. Police, Private. Private security services. Public spaces. Retail trade -- Security measures. Great Britain. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11301428

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ISBN:	9781134034512 1134034512 9781843924852 1843924854 1843920492 9781843920496 1281331937 9781281331939 9786611331931 661133193X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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 which have promoted the development of private security, and provides a unique examination of security teams in operation in three very different environments -- a shopping mall, a retail and leisure.
Other form:	Print version: Wakefield, Alison. Selling security. Cullompton, Devon, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2003 1843920492

Table of Contents:

Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Table of legislation anf cases; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; 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; Bibliography; Index.

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