TY - BOOK AU - Button,Mark ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Security officers and policing: powers, culture and control in the governance of private space AV - KD4839 .B88 2007eb U1 - 342.42/0418 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Aldershot, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Police, Private KW - England KW - Private security services KW - Law and legislation KW - Wales KW - Police KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-199) and index; Power, authority and the security officer : under-researched and under-estimated? -- Researching security officers -- The legal tools of security officers in England and Wales -- Nodes of governance : Pleasure Southquay and armed industries -- knowledge is power? : security officers -- 'Knowledge is power?' : security officers' understanding of their legal tools -- Universal legal tools : consent, coercion and commonsense -- Select legal tools : compliance, consent and commonsense -- Occupational hazards : too many masters, isolation and abuse -- 'I'm a security guard get me out of here!' : the cultural characteristics of security officers -- 'Big fish in little ponds', security officers and the policing of private and hybrid space; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10211290 ER -