Description
Book SynopsisPolicing and security provision are subjects central to criminology. Yet there are newer and neglected forms that are currently unscrutinised. By examining the work of community safety officers, ambassador patrols, conservation officers, and private police foundations, who operate on and are animated by a frontier, this book reveals why criminological inquiry must reach beyond traditional conceptual and methodological boundaries in the 21st century. Including novel case studies, this multi-disciplinary and international book assembles a rich collection of policing and security frontiers both geographical (e.g. the margins of cities) and conceptual (dispersion and credentialism) not seen or acknowledged previously.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Policing and Security Frontiers Getting to the Frontiers: Methodologies Community Safety Officers and the British Invasion: Community Policing Frontiers Conservation Officers, Dispersal and Urban Frontiers Ambassadors on City Centre Frontiers Public Corporate Security Officers and the Frontiers of Knowledge and Credentialism Funding Frontiers: Public Policing, ‘User Pays’ Policing and Police Foundations Conclusion: Policing and Security Frontiers
