The Handbook of Security / edited by Martin Gill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gill, Martin., Editor.

Series:

Palgrave handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organized crime.

Criminology.

Politics and war.

Political science.

Corporate governance.

Organized Crime.

Military and Defence Studies.

Political Science.

Corporate Governance.

Local Subjects:

Organized Crime.

Criminology.

Military and Defence Studies.

Political Science.

Corporate Governance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1072 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781786841711

1786841711

9781349672844

134967284X