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Security officers and policing

by Button, Mark.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Ashgate, (Aldershot, England ; | Burlington, VT :) Physical details: xiv, 205 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Police, Private -- England. | Private security services -- Law and legislation -- England. | Police, Private -- Wales. | Private security services -- Law and legislation -- Wales. | Police. | Electronic books.
Year: 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-199) and index.

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 -- '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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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