Security officers and policing [electronic resource] : powers, culture and control in the governance of private space / Mark Button.
By: Button, Mark.
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BookPublisher: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007Description: 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 | PoliceGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 342.42/0418 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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.
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