Doing security : critical reflections and an agenda for change / Mark Button.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Button, Mark.

Series:

Crime prevention and security management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security systems.

Physical Description:

xviii, 251 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Security has become a salient issue for governments, organizations and the general public. Yet despite this growing concern, the provision of security is often substandard. This book exposes some of the common failures in security through the exploration of case studies, including one of the greatest security breaches of recent times - 9/11. It highlights the generally low opinion that many offenders have of security systems and exposes the poor standards of many security officers and managers. It also lays bare the weak regulation, limited professional infrastructure and widespread security inequity in society, which contribute to poor security.

Doing Security brings together the latest theoretical thinking, research and best practice globally to provide radical proposals to enhance the effectiveness of security in society at national and organizational levels. It sets out a model for delivering security in organizations that can offer new competitive advantages based upon a reconfiguration of security management as Security Risk Management. It also sets out a policy agenda at national elvel for more effective regulation of the security profession, arguing for the creation of security unions, based on the model of credit unions. This study is essential reading for all those concerned with security and risk management, and crime prevention.

Contents:

Mapping security

Private security, nodal governance and the security system

Security undone

Security failure and the security myth

Understanding the malefactors

The human element of the security system

The foundations of security

Doing security

Creating a model holistic security system

Making it never happen

Making the last resort count

Rebuilding the foundations of security

Concluding comments and a model for doing security.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-246) and index.

ISBN:

9780230553118

0230553117

OCLC:

234234113