POLICING FOR PROFIT The Private Security Industry

POLICING FOR PROFIT The Private Security Industry

Contents: 1. The Criminological context 2. The growth of private security in Britain 3. The nature and range of services in the contract private security industry 4. In-house security and the security hardware industries 5. Private eyes: private spies? 6. Private security: causes for concern 7. Self-regulation in the private security sector 8. Towards effective licensing, regulation and accountability 9. Conclusion: limits, possibilities and cautious proposals

South, Nigel

SAGE 1988, 180pp, index

SR P 271