The Handbook of Security

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Introducing The Handbook of Security....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
The History of Private Security and Its Impact on the Modern Security Sector....Pages 21-40
Environmental Studies and the Influence of Culture: Security Consulting Experiences in Korea, Japan and Malaysia....Pages 41-64
What Have Criminologists Done for Us Lately?....Pages 65-88
Politics, Economics and Security....Pages 89-106
Engineering Principles in the Protection of Assets....Pages 107-132
Design and Security....Pages 133-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
From ‘Old’ to ‘New’ Terrorism: History, Current Trends and Future Prospects....Pages 159-181
The Violent Vortex: Appraising Risk from Workers Who Kill On-the-Job....Pages 182-205
The Extent, Nature and Responses to Workplace Violence Globally: Issues and Findings....Pages 206-233
Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships....Pages 234-255
Fighting Organized Crime and the Threats to Business....Pages 256-278
Commercial Burglary....Pages 279-301
Identity Theft....Pages 302-320
Cybercrime and Establishing a Secure Cyberworld....Pages 321-339
Counterfeiting: The Challenges for Governments, Companies and Consumers....Pages 340-358
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Understanding Loss in the Retail Sector....Pages 361-382
Crime and Disorder, Security and the Tourism Industry....Pages 383-403
Food Security....Pages 404-426
Criminal Activity in the Financial Sector....Pages 427-449
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Influences of Investigations and Scholarly Studies on the Evolution of American Private Policing: Healthy Distrust, Watchful Eyes....Pages 453-486
Securing the Knowledge....Pages 487-515
A View from the Street: Active Offenders, the Life-course, Technology and Implications for Security....Pages 516-545
The Ethnographic Approach and Security: The Case of Airports....Pages 546-565
Crime Mapping as a Tool for Security and Crime Prevention....Pages 566-587
Improving the Evidence Base in Security: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis....Pages 588-608
Developing, Improving and Evaluating Loss Prevention Initiatives Using Randomized Controlled Trials....Pages 609-631
Front Matter....Pages 633-633
Signing Security....Pages 635-655
Security Technology in the Protection of Assets....Pages 656-682
Intrusion Detection Systems in the Protection of Assets....Pages 683-704
CCTV: Reflections on Its Use, Abuse and Effectiveness....Pages 705-726
The Security Officer....Pages 727-746
Private Military and Security Companies: Armed, Global, Regulated and Professional?....Pages 747-766
Front Matter....Pages 767-767
The Role of Partnerships in Security Management....Pages 769-790
Security and Risk Management....Pages 791-812
Disaster and Crisis Management....Pages 813-836
Managing Intelligence and Responding to Emerging Threats: The Case of Biosecurity....Pages 837-856
Regulation....Pages 857-878
Front Matter....Pages 879-879
Critiques of Corporate Security: Cost, Camouflage and Creep....Pages 881-899
Securitization, Infopolitics and the Suppression of Liberty....Pages 900-918
Front Matter....Pages 879-879
Where Next for the Professionalization of Security?....Pages 919-935
Trading in Security: Issues in the Commodification of Public Security....Pages 936-958
Security Ethics: Principled Decision-Making in Hard Cases....Pages 959-979
Exploring Some Contradictions of Modern-Day Security....Pages 980-1000
Back Matter....Pages 1001-1049