Over the past few years there has been exponential growth in the private security industry as concerns about safety and risk have become increasing preoccupatio

The second edition of Private Policing details the substantial involvement of private agents and organisations involved in policing beyond the public police. It

Les Johnston argues that policing, far from being the preserve of public personnel, is in fact performed by a mixture of public, private, and quasi-public agent

Private law enforcement and order maintenance have usually been seen as working against or outside of state authority. A History of Private Policing in the Unit

Private Security and Public Policing offers an analysis of the concepts of public and private policing, it analyzes activities of "policing" bodies, and offers