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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
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