Private security and the law / Charles P. Nemeth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nemeth, Charles P., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private security services--United States.

Private security services.

Police, Private--United States.

Police, Private.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (489 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

PRIVATE SECURITY AND THE LAW is a textbook analysis of significant practices in the security industry that relate to law, regulation, licensure and constitutional dilemmas according to case and statutory authority. It is a treatise on the state of the law that governs the security industry and its operatives. The text delivers up to date information on the legal requirements witnessed by most security firms. In addition, it dwells heavily on the liability problems common to security operations, including negligence and tortious liability, civil actions commonly litigated, and strategies to

Contents:

Front Cover; Private Security and the Law; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Historical Foundations of Private Security; Introduction: The Concepts of Self-Help and Self-Protection; Historical Foundations; Coming of Age: Private Security; Contemporary Private Security; Discussion Questions; Chapter 2. Regulation, Licensing, Education, and Training: The Path to Professionalism in the Security Industry; Introduction: The Impetus for Increased Regulation; Federal Regulation; State Regulation; Ethical Considerations; Summary; Discussion Questions

Chapter 3. The Law of Arrest, Search, and Seizure: Applications in the Private SectorIntroduction; Constitutional Framework of American Criminal Justice; Arrest and Private Sector Justice; The Law of Search and Seizure: Public Police; The Law of Search and Seizure: Private Police; Challenges to the Safe Harbor of Private Security; Constitutional Prognosis for Private Security; Summary; Case Examples; Discussion Questions; Chapter 4. Civil Liability of Security Personnel; Introduction; The Nature of Civil Liability; Classification of Civil Wrongs/Torts

Remedies under the Civil Rights Act: 42 U.S.C. 1983"Private" Applications of 1983; State Regulations as Providing Color of State Law; Summary; Case Examples; Discussion Questions; Chapter 5. Criminal Liability of Security Personnel; Introduction: The Problem of Criminal Liability; Defenses to Criminal Acts: Self-Help; Procedural Questions; Summary; Case Examples; Discussion Questions; Chapter 6. The Enforcement of Laws and the Interpretation of Evidence; Introduction: Private Security's Role in Enforcing the Law; Defining Criminal Liability

Classification of Offenses and Related PenaltiesSpecific Types of Crimes and Offenses; Evidence and Proof; Summary; Case Examples; Discussion Questions; Chapter 7. Public and Private Law Enforcement: A Blueprint for Cooperation; Introduction: The Relationship Between the Public and Private Sectors; Positive Programs on Interaction and Cooperation; Recommendations; Summary; Discussion Questions; Chapter 8. Selected Case Readings; Introduction; Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Pendleton Detectives of Mississippi, Inc. 182 F.3d 376, (5th Cir. 1999)

Arthur Letourneau et al. v. The Department of Registration and Education et al., 212 Ill. App. 3d 717 571 N.E.2d 783 (1991); Stephanie P. Austin v. Paramount Parks, Inc., 195 F.3d 715 (4th Cir. 1999); Beverly Jean Whitehead, et al. v. USA-One, Inc., 595 So. 2d 867 (Ala. Sup. 1992); Burdeau v. Mcdowell, 256 U.S. 465; 41 S. Ct. 574; 65 L. Ed. 1048 (1921); State of Minnesota v. Jeffrey Scott Buswell, 449 N.W.2d 471 (Minn. App. 1989); Kelley et al. v. Baker Protective Services, Inc., 198 Ga. App. 378; 401 S.E.2d 585 (1991); Leroy Ross v. Texas One, 796 S.W.2d 206 (Tx. App. 1990)

Marta Rivas and Alberto Rivas v. Nationwide Personal Security Corporation, 559 So. 2d 668, 15 Fla. L. Weekly D 871 (Fl. App. 1990)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-02376-0

9786611023768

0-08-052509-1

OCLC:

437182919