The Handbook of Security

by Gill, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781137323279
• ISBN10: 1137323272
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-07-30
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Extensively updated, expanded and reorganized, this new edition of The Handbook of Security provides the most comprehensive analysis of scholarly security debates and issues to date. Informed by a range of disciplines, including environmental science, criminology, politics and economics, it brings together contributions from some of the world's leading scholars to explore the most important issues impacting our understanding of how security is provided.

Consisting of 44 chapters, the second edition includes over 25 brand new contributions from international experts in areas as diverse as food security, cyber security, terrorism, organized crime, intelligence, CCTV, piracy and private military companies, as well as an entirely new section on approaches to researching security through ethnography, systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Divided into seven parts – disciplines and security, offences, crime and security in sectors, researching security, security products and services, security and its management, and critiquing security – this substantive reference work is essential reading for all those engaged with the security world.

Author Biography

Martin Gill is Professor of Criminology and Director of Perpetuity Research and Consultancy International, UK. He is a Criminologist and Fellow of The Security Institute, a member of the Company of Security Professionals and a Trustee of the ASIS Foundation. In 2010 he was recognised by the BSIA with a special award for 'outstanding service to the security sector' and in 2013 IFSEC placed him in the top twenty most influential fire and security experts in the world. He has published widely including fourteen books.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Martin Gill
PART I: DISCIPLINES AND SECURITY
2. History of Security; Bruce George and Steve Kimber
3. Environmental Studies and Security; Richard Sneider
4. Criminology and Security; Graham Farrell and Ken Pease
5. Politics, Economics and Security; Adam White
6. Engineering and Security; David Brooks and Clif Smith
7. Design and Security; Paul Ekblom
PART II: OFFENCES
8. Terrorism; Kumar Ramakrishna
9. Murder at Work; Zech Lee and Bob McCrie
10. Workplace Violence; Amy L. Stutzenberger and Bonnie Fisher
11. Piracy and Robbery; Robert Beckman and Monique Page
12. Organised Crime; Mike Levi
13. Commerical Burglary; Rob Mawby
14. Identity Fraud; Henry Pontell and G. Geiss
15. Cyber Crime; Lennon Chang and Peter Grabosky
16. Counterfeiting; Virginie de Barnier
PART III: CRIME AND SECURITY IN SECTORS
17. Crime, Security and the Retail Sector; Adrian Beck
18. Crime, Security and Tourism; Rob Mawby
19. Crime and Security and the Food Sector; Hope Johnson and Reece Walters
20. Crime, Security and the Financial Sector; Mark Button and Martin Tunley
PART IV: RESEARCHING SECURITY
21. The Influence of Security Research; James Calder
22. Knowledge Transfer; Paul Ekblom
23. Working with Offenders; Richard Moule
24. The Ethnographic Approach and Security: The Case of Airports; Alan Kirschenbaum
25. Crime Mapping; Shane Johnson and Kate Bowers
26. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis; Matthew Manning
27. Evaluations and Randomized Controlled Trials in Security Research; Read Hayes and Kyle Grottini
PART V: SECURITY PROCESSES AND SERVICES
28. Signs; Nick Tilley
29. Technologies and Security; Clifton Smith
30. Alarms and Security; David Brooks
31. CCTV; Emmeline Taylor and Martin Gill
32. Security Officers; Mahesh Nalla and Alison Wakefield
33. Private Military Companies; K. Carmola
PART VI: SECURITY AND ITS MANAGEMENT
34. The Role of Partnerships in Security Management; Tim Prenzler and Rick Sarre
35. Management and Risk Management; Joshua Bamfield
36. Disaster and Crisis Management; Dominic Elliott
37. Managing Intelligence and Responding to Emerging Threats, Patrick F. Walsh
38. Regulation and Security; Tim Prenzler and Rick Sarre
PART VII: CRITIQUING SECURITY
39. Corporate Security; Kevin Walby and Randy K. Lippert
40. Liberty and Security; John Deukmedjian
41. Professionalisation and Security; Alison Wakefield
42. Trading and the Commodification of Security; Julie Ayling
43. Security and Ethics; Andrew Adams
44. Some Contradictions of Security; Martin Gill