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Private Security Regulation

Private Security Regulation is a formal governance framework that establishes legally binding standards, oversight mechanisms, and accountability requirements governing the operations, conduct, and licensing of private security service providers within a jurisdiction.

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7.6K

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206

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140

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2017–2026

22

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Publications

190

Private Security: Implications for Social Control

Clifford Shearing, Philip Stenning · Social Problems · 1983 · 398 citations

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Modern Private Security: Its Growth and Implications

Clifford Shearing, Philip Stenning · Crime and Justice · 1981 · 259 citations

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Security Beyond the State: Private security in international politics

Julie Berg · African Affairs · 2012 · 241 citations

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Private Security and Public Policing

David S. Wall · Crime Prevention and Community Safety · 1999 · 235 citations

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A tainted trade? Moral ambivalence and legitimation work in the private security industry1

Angélica Thumala, Benjamin J. Goold, Ian Loader · British Journal of Sociology · 2011 · 160 citations

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Authors

206

  1. PS
    Philip Stenning

    Griffith University, Australia

    11 publications · 981 citations

    11

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  2. MB
    Mark Button

    University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 387 citations

    11

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  3. CS
    Clifford Shearing

    University of Cape Town, South Africa

    10 publications · 946 citations

    10

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  4. RS
    Rick Sarre

    University of South Australia, Australia

    8 publications · 371 citations

    8

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  5. TP
    Tim Prenzler

    Griffith University, Australia

    6 publications · 223 citations

    6

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Institutions

140

  1. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    503 citations

  2. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    318 citations

  3. University of Portsmouth

    Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    413 citations

  4. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    227 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    975 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    353 citations

  7. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    140 citations

  8. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    195 citations

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Venues

  1. Policing & Society

    16 publications · 658 citations

    14

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 12 publications · 292 citations

    11

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  3. Security Journal

    10 publications · 294 citations

    10

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  5. Theoretical Criminology

    5 publications · 185 citations

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