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Governing security : explorations in policing and justice / Les Johnston and Clifford Shearing.

Title
  1. Governing security : explorations in policing and justice / Les Johnston and Clifford Shearing.
Published by
  1. New York : Routledge, 2003.
Author
  1. Johnston, Les.

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Additional authors
  1. Shearing, Clifford D., 1942-
Description
  1. 177 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
  1. "This book will be of interest to students and academics working in the fields of governance and politics, criminology and policing, and justice and security studies."--Jacket.
Subject
  1. Crime prevention > Philosophy
  2. Law enforcement > Philosophy
  3. Security systems
  4. Police
  5. Criminal justice, Administration of
Contents
  1. 1. Introduction: thinking about security -- 2. Dimensions of governance / Les Johnston, Clifford Shearing and Philip Stenning -- 3. The punishment mentality and coercive technologies -- 4. Historical shifts in security governance -- 5. Corporate initiatives: the risk paradigm -- 6. Zero-tolerance, community policing and partnership -- 7. Security governance in Britain -- 8. Nodal governance, security and justice.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing action (note)
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