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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Private Security"”.
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Developing a Private Security Program
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A Gendered Intersectional Analysis of the Private Security Industry
… of wars and armed conflicts through the use of private military and security companies (PMSC's), thus responding to an existing gap in scholarship on this matter. Two methodologies were used for this analysis. The first is a discourse analysis and interviews conducted in the 5th annual assembly …
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Making a market for security : private security entrepreneurship in Mexico City
Private Security is one of the fastest-growing industries around the world. In the Global South, private security has become an integral part of life in the city. In Mexico City, private security has situated itself as a prerequisite of residential, commercial, and industrial activity. But how has …
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An investigation into the impact of private security companies on national security in Namibia
The thesis focussed on the role of private security companies (PSCs) in Namibia. Over the last decade, there has been a substantial growth of private security services and companies both at global and national levels. In Namibia, there has been substantial increase in PSCs which are providing …
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The impact of push factors on the intent to quit amongst private security officers
… commitment) have on the intent to quit amongst private security officers. Literature indicate that a strong negative relationship exist between both job satisfaction and organizational commitment and the employee‟s intent to quit his or her employing organization. Moreover, a number of studies …
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Delivering more than security service : narratives of professional identity in the UK private security industry
… contested, under-defined or in transformation. Private security offers a unique research site. Contested yet increasingly legitimised following the Private Security Act 2001, the UK private security industry is under-researched as a site of meaning in professional lives. Using identity as …
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Protection and pragmatism: an exploration of the mentalities of workers in the private security industry
The quest for 'security' and the practices aimed at creating this on a literal and a figurative level is a common human striving. The people whom we task and entrust with providing this security are increasingly part of a combination of both public police and private security agents. Whilst the …
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The roles and functions of private security companies in UN Peace Missions - a critical analysis
This master's thesis analyses the roles that private security companies (PSCs) assume during United Nations (UN) peace missions. Following a literary review and contextual development of the PSC industry, this thesis makes use of a qualitative desktop study to examine five UN peace mission case …
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The relationship between job characteristics, decent work, and well-being in South Africa's private security sector
South Africa's private security sector has become amongst the largest in the world. Research has shown that for the largest category of private security employees - security guards – employment tends to be insecure, wages low, working hours long and few have access to social benefits, such as pay …
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“Beyond Guarding: Silent forces in action.” Historical shifts in the South African private security industry, c. 1957-2024
The South African private security industry has grown, over the last seven decades, into one of the largest and most influential industries of this type in the African context. It has surpassed the state’s own policing capacity and is reshaping everyday notions of safety, governance and authority. …
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The operation of private governance: exploratory research into private investigations
Security governance is a salient topic within South Africa, both in public media, discourse and academic literature. Currently, South African government holds a domineering mentality towards security and wishes to monopolize it. Nonetheless, there is a growing call for private security, both by …
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Warriors of choice : the (Re)articulation of militarized masculinities in private and public special forces
… in Canada's JTF2 Special Forces and the Private Security Firm Blackwater. I employ a gender analysis to highlight how militarized masculinity impedes women's participation from Special Forces and private security firms. Feminist scholarship by Cynthia Enloe, Ann Tickner, Sandra Whitworth, …
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Assessing police privatisation in the United Arab Emirates
The growth of private security companies and the privatisation of police is a development that has been witnessed around the world in both developing and developed nations. The rapid pace of transformation in policing in the UAE potentially poses severe risks to the future of policing. Different …
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The governance of security in the revanchist city- The case of Cape Town, South Africa
The governance of security in the revanchist city- The case of Cape Town, South Africa Much has been written on the revanchist city (for example Smith, 1996; MacLeod, 2002; Belina and Helms, 2003) and the reclaiming of space from so-called ‘undesirables‘ through the means of the police. Here, the …
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Regulation of manned commercial security services - A transnational comparative study of Belgium, Estonia, New York, Queensland, South Africa and Sweden
It is commonly recognised that commercial security, in its different forms, has become an important element in societies as a provider of private and public security. The reasons for this development are manifold but can be seen to well from the changes in individual societies and their governance …
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Investigation towards the prevention of cable theft from Eskom
… operating units and while efforts for increased security and protection measures are in place, these measures appear to be inadequate to prevent it. This study investigated the extent of cable theft at Eskom and examined what actions Eskom and private security personnel should undertake to …
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Cybercrime and public criminology
… ‘winning’ sector (Habermas, 2015). It seems that private security is currently having undue influence over this discourse, and as such, narratives surrounding cybercrime remain marketized (Banks, 2015). Thus far, public criminologists have yet to adequately adapt to the merging of the …
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The societal costs of methamphetamine use in Western Cape Province
… healthcare and social welfare systems, policing, private security, and the judicial and corrective services system. This study quantifies these costs for the Western Cape; identifying the magnitude of the cost of illness and additional social costs by category and determines which interventions …
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Seaport Vulnerability to Criminal Networks: A Mixed Method Approach to Measuring Criminological Vulnerability in the Top 30 U.S. Container Ports
… by complex systems incorporating public and private agencies, companies and small entities. Underlying the administrative and logistical activity at the port is a jurisdictional web of public and private security regulatory agencies. The complexity of the environment creates vulnerabilities …
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