Security officers and policing : powers, culture and control in the governance of private space / Mark Button.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Button, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police, Private--England.

Police, Private.

Private security services--Law and legislation--England.

Private security services.

Police, Private--Wales.

Private security services--Law and legislation--Wales.

Police.

Private security services--Law and legislation.

Wales.

England.

Physical Description:

xiv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]

Contents:

Power, authority and the security officer : under-researched and under-estimated?

Researching security officers

The legal tools of security officers in England and Wales

Nodes of governance : Pleasure Southquay and armed industries

knowledge is power? : security officers

'Knowledge is power?' : security officers' understanding of their legal tools

Universal legal tools : consent, coercion and commonsense

Select legal tools : compliance, consent and commonsense

Occupational hazards : too many masters, isolation and abuse

'I'm a security guard get me out of here!' : the cultural characteristics of security officers

'Big fish in little ponds', security officers and the policing of private and hybrid space.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-199) and index.

ISBN:

0754647978

9780754647973

OCLC:

70230652