Security Officers and Policing: Powers, Culture and Control in the Governance of Private Space

by Button,Mark

• ISBN13: 9780754647973
• ISBN10: 0754647978
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This volume examines how and to what extent security officers make use of'legal tools. The work identifies these tools and draws on two case-study sites to illustrate how security officers make use of them as well as how they fit in broader security systems to secure compliance. The study also examines the occupational culture of security officers and links them into the broader systems of security that operate to police nodes of governance. The book provides insights for researchers and policy-makers seeking to develop policy for the expanding private security industry.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

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' 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

Bibliography

Index

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