The second edition of Private Policing details the substantial
involvement of private agents and organisations involved in policing
beyond the public police. It develops a taxonomy of policing and
explores in depth each of the main categories, examining the degree of
privateness, amongst several other issues. The main categories include
the public police; hybrid policing such as state policing bodies,
specialised police forces and non-governmental organisations; voluntary
policing; and the private security industry.
This book explores how the public police and many other state bodies
have significant degrees of privateness, from outright privatisation
through to the serving of private interests. The book provides a
theoretical framework for private policing, building upon the growing
base of scholarship in this area. Fully revised, this new edition not
only brings the old edition up to date with the substantial scholarship
since 2002, but also provides more international context and several new
chapters on: corporate security management, security officers, and
private investigation. There is also a consideration of what the book
calls the 'new private security industry' working largely in
cyber-space.
Bringing together research from a wide range of projects the author has
been involved with, along with the growing body of private policing
scholarship, the book shows the substantial involvement of non-public
police bodies in policing and highlights a wide range of issues for
debate and further research. Private Policing is ideal reading for
students of policing and security courses, academics with an interest in
private policing and security, and practitioners from security and
policing.
