The Handbook of Security [electronic resource] /
Gill, Martin.editor.
The substantially revised second edition of the Handbook of Security provides the most comprehensive analysis of scholarly security debates and issues to date. Including contributions from some of the world's leading scholars it critiques the way security is provided and managed.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introducing The Handbook of Security; Part I Disciplines and Security; 2 The History of Private Security and Its Impact on the Modern Security Sector; 3 Environmental Studies and the Influence of Culture: Security Consulting Experiences in Korea, Japan and Malaysia; 4 What Have Criminologists Done for Us Lately?; 5 Politics, Economics and Security; 6 Engineering Principles in the Protection of Assets; 7 Design and Security; Part II Offences
8 From 'Old' to 'New' Terrorism: History, Current Trends and Future Prospects9 The Violent Vortex: Appraising Risk from Workers Who Kill On-the-Job; 10 The Extent, Nature and Responses to Workplace Violence Globally: Issues and Findings; 11 Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships; 12 Fighting Organized Crime and the Threats to Business; 13 Commercial Burglary; 14 Identity Theft; 15 Cybercrime and Establishing a Secure Cyberworld; 16 Counterfeiting: The Challenges for Governments, Companies and Consumers; Part III Crime and Security in Sectors; 17 Understanding Loss in the Retail Sector
18 Crime and Disorder, Security and the Tourism Industry19 Food Security; 20 Criminal Activity in the Financial Sector; Part IV Researching Security; 21 Influences of Investigations and Scholarly Studies on the Evolution of American Private Policing: Healthy Distrust, Watchful Eyes; 22 Securing the Knowledge; 23 A View from the Street: Active Offenders, the Life-course, Technology and Implications for Security; 24 The Ethnographic Approach and Security: The Case of Airports; 25 Crime Mapping as a Tool for Security and Crime Prevention
26 Improving the Evidence Base in Security: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis27 Developing, Improving and Evaluating Loss Prevention Initiatives Using Randomized Controlled Trials; Part V Security Products and Services; 28 Signing Security; 29 Security Technology in the Protection of Assets; 30 Intrusion Detection Systems in the Protection of Assets; 31 CCTV: Reflections on Its Use, Abuse and Effectiveness; 32 The Security Officer; 33 Private Military and Security Companies: Armed, Global, Regulated and Professional?; Part VI Security and Its Management
34 The Role of Partnerships in Security Management35 Security and Risk Management; 36 Disaster and Crisis Management; 37 Managing Intelligence and Responding to Emerging Threats: The Case of Biosecurity; 38 Regulation; Part VII Critiquing Security; 39 Critiques of Corporate Security: Cost, Camouflage and Creep; 40 Securitization, Infopolitics and the Suppression of Liberty; 41 Where Next for the Professionalization of Security?; 42 Trading in Security: Issues in the Commodification of Public Security; 43 Security Ethics: Principled Decision-Making in Hard Cases
44 Exploring Some Contradictions of Modern-Day Security
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The substantially revised second edition of the Handbook of Security provides the most comprehensive analysis of scholarly security debates and issues to date. Including contributions from some of the world's leading scholars it critiques the way security is provided and managed.
Organized crime.
Criminology.
Politics and war.
Political science.
Corporate governance.
Organized Crime.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Military and Defence Studies.
Political Science.
Corporate Governance.