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Policing for profit

01 January 1991

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Policing for profit
libdoc April=1994

- The Private Security Industry

Author(s): South, Nigel
Publisher: SAGE 1988, 180pp, index
Keywords: Police Policing Private Security

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

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