Private security and the demand for protection in contemporary britain

IF 2 2区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Policing & Society Pub Date : 1997-03-01 DOI:10.1080/10439463.1997.9964770

I. Loader

引用次数: 80

Abstract

Against a backdrop of uncertainty created by an escalating and unmet public demand for police protection, and the reemergence of unregulated commercial security, this paper has three aims. First, it outlines the developments in security provision currently unfolding in Britain and reviews some of the responses that have been made. It then develops a critique of recent suggestions that private security is best countered by introducing novel ways of meeting the public demand for a visible police patrol presence. Finally, it proffers an alternative way of responding to the commodification of security, one suggesting that the concept of private security is in fact an oxymoron.

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当代英国的私人安保与保护需求

由于公众对警察保护的需求不断升级且未得到满足，以及不受监管的商业安全重新出现，这一背景造成了不确定性，本文有三个目的。首先，它概述了目前在英国展开的安全条款的发展，并回顾了一些已经做出的回应。然后，它对最近的一些建议提出了批评，这些建议认为，通过引入新颖的方式来满足公众对可见警察巡逻存在的需求，可以最好地应对私人保安。最后，它提供了另一种应对安全商品化的方式，一种表明私人安全概念实际上是一种矛盾修饰法的方式。

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Policing & Society CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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5.40

自引率

7.40%

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