02303nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10211290 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060623s2007 enka sb 001 0 eng 2006021137 GBA680153 bnb 013557448 Uk 0754647978 (alk. paper) 9780754647973 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)614481346 e-uk-en e-uk-wl KD4839 .B88 2007eb 342.42/0418 22 Button, Mark. Security officers and policing [electronic resource] : powers, culture and control in the governance of private space / Mark Button. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007. xiv, 205 p. : ill. 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. Police, Private England. Private security services Law and legislation England. Police, Private Wales. Private security services Law and legislation Wales. Police. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10211290 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 227703 227703