Security Officers and Policing : Powers, Culture and Control in the Governance of Private Space (Hardcover)

Introduction; Chapter 1 Power, Authority and the Security Officer: Under-researched and Under-estimated?; Chapter 2 Researching Security Officers; Chapter 3 The Legal Tools of Security Officers in England and Wales; Chapter 4 Nodes of Governance: Pleasure Southquay and Armed Industries; Chapter 5 ‘Knowledge is Power?’: Security Officers’ Understanding of their Legal Tools; Chapter 6 Universal Legal Tools: Consent, Coercion and Commonsense; Chapter 7 Select Legal Tools: Compliance, Consent and Commonsense; Chapter 8 Occupational Hazards: Too Many Masters, Isolation and Abuse; Chapter 9 ‘I’m a Security Guard Get Me Out of Here!’ The Cultural Characteristics of Private Security Officers; Chapter 10 ‘Big Fish in Little Ponds’, Security Officers and the Policing of Private and Hybrid Space;