The Handbook of Security

The fully revised second edition of the Handbook of Security provides the most comprehensive analysis of scholarly security debates and issues to date. Including contributions from some of the world's leading scholars, it explores a range of issues and debates that impact our understanding of how security is provided. Consisting of over forty chapters, the volume considers an array of topics such as workplace crime, terrorism, organized crime and counterfeiting, and applies discussions of crime and security to a variety of sectors including retail, finance, and tourism. The handbook includes a new section on approaches to researching security through ethnography, systematic reviews and meta-analysis. In later sections, it analyses security products and services such as guards, alarms and CCTV, as well as the management of security where chapters focus on crisis management, partnerships and regulation. The final section critiques security using various approaches including critical security studies, professionalization and ethics.

Book contents:

The History of Private Security and Its Impact on the Modern Security Sector
Environmental Studies and the Influence of Culture: Security Consulting Experiences in Korea, Japan and Malaysia
What Have Criminologists Done for Us Lately?
Politics, Economics and Security
Engineering Principles in the Protection of Assets
Design and Security
From ‘Old’ to ‘New’ Terrorism: History, Current Trends and Future Prospects
The Violent Vortex: Appraising Risk from Workers Who Kill On-the-Job
The Extent, Nature and Responses to Workplace Violence Globally: Issues and Findings
Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships
Fighting Organized Crime and the Threats to Business
Commercial Burglary
Identity Theft
Cybercrime and Establishing a Secure Cyberworld
Counterfeiting: The Challenges for Governments, Companies and Consumers
Understanding Loss in the Retail Sector
Crime and Disorder, Security and the Tourism Industry
Food Security
Criminal Activity in the Financial Sector
Influences of Investigations and Scholarly Studies on the Evolution of American Private Policing: Healthy Distrust, Watchful Eyes
Securing the Knowledge
A View from the Street: Active Offenders, the Life-course, Technology and Implications for Security
The Ethnographic Approach and Security: The Case of Airports
Crime Mapping as a Tool for Security and Crime Prevention
Improving the Evidence Base in Security: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis
Developing, Improving and Evaluating Loss Prevention Initiatives Using Randomized Controlled Trials
Signing Security
Security Technology in the Protection of Assets
Intrusion Detection Systems in the Protection of Assets
CCTV: Reflections on Its Use, Abuse and Effectiveness
The Security Officer
Private Military and Security Companies: Armed, Global, Regulated and Professional?
The Role of Partnerships in Security Management
Security and Risk Management
Disaster and Crisis Management
Managing Intelligence and Responding to Emerging Threats: The Case of Biosecurity
Regulation
Critiques of Corporate Security: Cost, Camouflage and Creep
Securitization, Infopolitics and the Suppression of Liberty
Where Next for the Professionalization of Security?
Trading in Security: Issues in the Commodification of Public Security
Security Ethics: Principled Decision-Making in Hard Cases
Exploring Some Contradictions of Modern-Day Security

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The History of Private Security and Its Impact on the Modern Security Sector

Environmental Studies and the Influence of Culture: Security Consulting Experiences in Korea, Japan and Malaysia

What Have Criminologists Done for Us Lately?

Politics, Economics and Security

Engineering Principles in the Protection of Assets

Design and Security

From ‘Old’ to ‘New’ Terrorism: History, Current Trends and Future Prospects

The Violent Vortex: Appraising Risk from Workers Who Kill On-the-Job

The Extent, Nature and Responses to Workplace Violence Globally: Issues and Findings

Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships

Fighting Organized Crime and the Threats to Business

Commercial Burglary

Identity Theft

Cybercrime and Establishing a Secure Cyberworld

Counterfeiting: The Challenges for Governments, Companies and Consumers

Understanding Loss in the Retail Sector

Crime and Disorder, Security and the Tourism Industry

Food Security

Criminal Activity in the Financial Sector

Influences of Investigations and Scholarly Studies on the Evolution of American Private Policing: Healthy Distrust, Watchful Eyes

Securing the Knowledge

A View from the Street: Active Offenders, the Life-course, Technology and Implications for Security

The Ethnographic Approach and Security: The Case of Airports

Crime Mapping as a Tool for Security and Crime Prevention

Improving the Evidence Base in Security: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis

Developing, Improving and Evaluating Loss Prevention Initiatives Using Randomized Controlled Trials

Signing Security

Security Technology in the Protection of Assets

Intrusion Detection Systems in the Protection of Assets

CCTV: Reflections on Its Use, Abuse and Effectiveness

The Security Officer

Private Military and Security Companies: Armed, Global, Regulated and Professional?

The Role of Partnerships in Security Management

Security and Risk Management

Disaster and Crisis Management

Managing Intelligence and Responding to Emerging Threats: The Case of Biosecurity

Regulation

Critiques of Corporate Security: Cost, Camouflage and Creep

Securitization, Infopolitics and the Suppression of Liberty

Where Next for the Professionalization of Security?

Trading in Security: Issues in the Commodification of Public Security

Security Ethics: Principled Decision-Making in Hard Cases

Exploring Some Contradictions of Modern-Day Security