Private Security and Domestic Violence - The Risks Benefits of Private Security Companies Working With

This book provides internationally relevant insights on the challenges of increasing private sector involvement with victims of domestic abuse, and offers a unique crossover of the literature on private security, crime prevention and family violence

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Why now? The recent emergence of private security companies into the field of domestic violence; 2. Case study examples of security companies working with victims of domestic violence in Australia; 3. The damaging impacts of unethical and incompetent private security companies; 4. The risks and benefits of the ‘technical solutions’ offered by private security companies; 5. The benefits for victims and domestic violence services of using private security companies; 6. How should private security companies be regulated for the optimal benefit of victims of domestic violence?; Conclusion: the future of private security company involvement with victims of domestic violence

About the author

Diarmaid Harkin is an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Deakin University. His current active research interests include the use of private security companies in the context of domestic violence, the consumer spyware industry, and the challenges of cyber-policing.

Summary

This book provides internationally relevant insights on the challenges of increasing private sector involvement with victims of domestic abuse, and offers a unique crossover of the literature on private security, crime prevention and family violence

Product details

• Authors: Diarmaid Harkin, Diarmaid (Faculty of Arts and Education Harkin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780367784713
• ISBN: 978-0-367-78471-3
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, domestic violence, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Hospitality and service industries, Domestic abuse, Security Services