Professional practice in crime prevention and security management / edited by Tim Prenzler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prenzler, Tim, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime prevention--Australia.

Crime prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Samford Valley, Queensland : Australian Academic Press, 2014.

Summary:

This book of research, policy and practice provides a clear and up-to-date guide to what works and what constitutes best practice across a range of crime prevention and security management applications and issues. It also fills a gap in the literature in regard to the integration of environmentally-based crime prevention science and applied security work. Aimed primarily at a practitioner audience, it is a concise and informative entré into the field and helps convey some of the main principles, methods and sources in crime prevention. Guidance on further secondary research is also provided. A must read for all crime prevention project managers, security managers, policy officers, students, and researchers.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

About the authors

Preface

Part A: Effective Crime Prevention: From Theory to Practice

1. Situational Crime Prevention: Theories, Impacts and Issues

2. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

3. Financial Costs and Benefits of Crime Prevention

4. Case Studies in Reducing Violent Crime and Disorder

5. Case Studies in Reducing Property and Financial Crime

Part B: Advanced Security Management

6. Principles of Security Management: Applying the Lessons from Crime Prevention

7. Best Practice in Physical Security

8. People Management in Security

Part C: The Security Industry and the New Professionalism

9. The Security Industry: Dimensions and Issues

10. Legal Powers, Obligations and Immunities

11. Conduct Issues in Security Work

12. Smart Regulation for the Security Industry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 2, 2016).

ISBN:

1-922117-25-0

OCLC:

957127968