Private Police and Security Governance: Mapping Emerging Trends and Future Directions. (February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nalla, Mahesh K.; Gurinskaya, Anna
• Other Names: Nalla Mahesh K. guest-editor.; Gurinskaya Anna guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of contemporary criminal justice. Volume 36:Number 1(2020:Feb.)
• Page Start: 101
• Page End: 109
• Publication Date: 2020-02
• Subjects: private security -- private security guards -- private policing -- police legitimacy -- security governance; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Periodicals; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Periodicals; 364.973
• DOI: 10.1177/1043986219890208
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1043-9862

Abstract

In this article, we outline a brief overview of the growth and trends in scholarly literature devoted to the study of private policing and the private security industry in crime and security governance over the past five decades. More specifically, we draw attention to the scholarship addressing private policing and the shifts in the discourse of the subject of security governance during this time both from theoretical and thematic foci. In doing so, we identify potential future directions in which this field of private policing studies is moving.