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Handbook on Public and Private Security
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Competitive Government: Public Private Partnerships explores the transformation from monopolistic government services to a competitive framework through public-private partnerships (PPPs). Edited b...
Competitive Government: Public Private Partnerships explores the transformation from monopolistic government services to a competitive framework through public-private partnerships (PPPs). Edited by Erwin A. Blackstone, Simon Hakim, and Brian Meehan, the book addresses the efficiency and innovation potential of PPPs in various sectors such as policing, water management, and transportation. It analyzes the roles, benefits, and challenges of these partnerships and provides policy implications based on real-world experiences. The intended audience includes advanced students, researchers, and policy consultants interested in privatization and public finance.
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- English
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- 1st ed
- Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2023
- ©2023
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- 1 online resource (412 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9783031424052, 9783031424069, 3031424069
- OCLC
- on1409028622
- Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Editors and Contributors -- Editors -- Contributors -- An Overview of Private Security and Policing in the United States -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Recent Trends -- 3 The US Investigative Services Industry -- 4 The US Guard Services Industry -- 5 Private Security Guards and Crime -- 6 The Relationship Between Police and Private Security -- 7 Discussion -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Part I: General Security Issues -- Allocating Police and Security: Comparing Public and Private Processes and Consequences -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Is Policing a Private Good, Public Good, or Something Else? -- 2.1 What Else Do Police Do? -- 2.2 What About Policing (and Security) Services That Actually Are Non-rivalrous and Non-excludable? -- 2.3 Rivalrous Use of Policing -- 2.4 Excludability and Police Services -- 3 Rationing Public Police -- 3.1 Politics, Legislation and Police Rationing -- 3.2 Interest Group Strategies by Police -- 3.3 Rationing by Time or Merit: Excess Demand and Police Discretion -- 3.4 Will Increase Budgets Solve the Problems of Excess Demand and Police Discretion? -- 3.5 Police Discretion and Discrimination -- 3.6 Discretion and Police Abuse -- 3.7 Barriers to Disciplining Police for Abuse: Unions, Qualified Immunity, and Indemnification -- 4 Allocation of Private Security and Resulting Behavior -- 4.1 Private Investigation and Pursuit -- 4.2 Abuse by Suppliers of Private Crime Control -- 4.3 Political Interference in Markets for Private Security -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Public Space Crime Prevention Partnerships: Reviewing the Evidence -- 1 Background: Public-Private Partnerships & -- Crime Theories -- 1.1 Types of Police/Private Security Collaboration -- 1.2 Crime Prevention Theory and the Security Industry -- 2 Police and Security Foot Patrols -- 3 Business Improvement Districts
- 4 Evaluated Intervention Case Studies -- 5 Best Practice Principles -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Australian Public and Private Crime Prevention Partnerships in Cyberspace -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Modern Phenomenon of Cybercrime -- 3 Policing Cybercrime -- 4 The Specialist Private Sector in Cybercrime Prevention -- 4.1 Digital Imaging and Other Surveillance Tools -- 4.2 Metadata Retention -- 5 Concerns about Public/Private Partnerships -- 6 The Right Balance -- 7 Co-opting Private Sector Prevention -- 7.1 Legislation -- 7.2 Case Study: Project Sunbird -- 8 What Is to Be Done? -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Private Security Confounds Estimates of Public Police and Crime -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data -- 3 Models -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Descriptive -- 4.1.1 Property Crime -- 4.1.2 Violent Crime -- 4.2 An Attempt at Causal Estimates -- 4.2.1 Method and Data -- 4.2.2 Not Holding Private Security Constant -- 4.2.3 Association Between COPS Grants and Private Security -- 4.2.4 Public Security and Crime, Holding Private Security Constant -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- A. Additional Tables and Figures (Tables A.1 and A.2) -- B. COPS Replication Data -- Recovering Data -- COPS Summary Statistics -- Matching to UCR and IPUMS -- References -- Public-Private Security Partnerships. Can They Meet the Growing Challenges of Law Enforcement? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sources of California City Powers and the Lakewood Plan -- 3 The "Lakewood Plan" and California Law on "Contracting" -- 4 Who Is a Peace Officer? -- 5 Who Is a Private Security Guard or Officer? -- 6 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Examples of "On-Duty" "Off-Duty" "In Uniform" "Out of Uniform" -- 7 The Private Security Field Is Highly Regulated -- 8 The Critical Requirement of Training -- 9 The Collaboration Necessary Between Peace Officers and Private Actors
- 10 The Los Angeles County Teen Court Program -- 11 Mental Health and Response Team (MHART) Programs Are Launched at Universities -- 12 Conclusion -- Appendix A: Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Torrance and the City of Rolling Hills Estates (ALPR Cameras) -- Exhibit A to Appendix A -- Exhibit B to Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Part II: National Case Studies -- The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Public-Private Partnership in Policing: Experiences from Within the Belgian and Dutch Security Industry -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Methodology -- 1.2 Structure -- 2 Private Security in Belgium and the Netherlands -- 3 Public-Private Partnerships in the Field of Policing -- 3.1 Definition -- 3.2 Public-Private Partnerships in Policing -- 4 Policing the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results -- 4.1 The COVID-19 Pandemic: Background -- 4.2 Impact of COVID-19 on the Private Security Sector -- 4.3 Case Study: Private Sector Involvement in the Protection of Vaccination Centers -- 5 Challenges and Requirements: Some Policy Recommendations -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Incorporating Non-state Security Actors into Public Security: Mexico's Failed Experiment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Watchmen Emerge -- 3 Official Incorporation: But Only Partially -- 4 Centralization -- 5 The Policía Auxiliar and Mexico City's Security Landscape Today -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- The Substitutability and Complementarity of Private Security with Public Police: The Case of Violence Against Women and Girls in the Rail Network of the United Kingdom -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Targeting VAWG Hotspots -- 2.1 A Tested Intervention: The Southwest Trains Experiment -- 3 Managing Habitual VAWG Offenders -- 3.1 A Tested Intervention: Focused Deterrence -- 4 Enhanced Service for Victims of VAWG -- 4.1 A Tested Intervention: Reassurance Calls Backs to Victims
- 5 Conclusions and Policy Implications -- References -- Working with Private Policing to Enhance Public Policing: The Case of the United Kingdom -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Public Private Partnerships in Policing -- 2.1 State Facilitation -- 2.2 State Delegation -- 2.3 State Reinforcement -- 3 Evaluating the Private Contribution to Policing -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: City and Maritime Security Experiences -- Private Law Enforcement in New York City -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sea Gate Police Department -- 3 Parkchester Department of Public Safety -- 4 Co-op City Public Safety Department -- 5 Hunts Point Department of Public Safety -- 6 Shomrim Volunteer Security -- 7 Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department -- 8 Battery Park City -- 9 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company Special Police -- 10 Summary and Discussion -- References -- Private Security and Deterrence -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Police and Deterrence -- 3 Value of Police -- 4 Private Police as an Alternative -- 5 Private Security Guards as an Alternative -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- How to Fight Crime by Improving Police Services: Evidence from the French Quarter Task Force -- 1 Introduction -- 2 French Quarter Task Force: Background -- 3 Empirical Identification -- 4 Data -- 5 Results -- 5.1 Event Study -- 5.2 Main Estimates -- 5.3 Additional Checks -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Public Security Enhances the Effectiveness of Private Security in Reducing Maritime Piracy Harm -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Safe Havens as a Result of Ineffective Governance Serve as Incubators for Illicit Non-state Actors -- 2.2 Maritime Havens and Piracy -- 2.2.1 The Additional Impact of Maritime Piracy on Other Categories of Violent Conflict -- 3 Data -- 3.1 Piracy -- 3.2 Private Security -- 3.3 Public Security -- 3.4 Summary Statistics -- 4 Method -- 5 Results -- 5.1 On-Board Private Security
- 5.2 Heterogeneous Moderation Effects of Public Security -- 6 Discussion -- Appendix: Additional Tables and Figures (Fig. 1, Table 6) -- The Empirical Relationship Between Patrol Vessels (Public Maritime Security) and Military Expenditure (Figs. 2 and 3) -- References -- Part IV: Police and Private Security Perspectives -- What We've Learned: Lessons from the World's Leading Security Companies on Partnerships and Privatization -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evolving Relationships -- 3 Case Study: Beverly Hills, California (USA) -- 4 Capturing Benefits -- 5 Leadership -- 6 Regulation -- 7 Planning -- 8 Insight -- 9 Reputation -- 10 Management -- 11 Principles -- 12 Quality -- 13 Due Diligence -- 14 Safety -- 15 Training -- 16 Clarity -- 17 Oversight -- 18 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Improving Public Safety Through Law Enforcement and Private Security Partnerships -- 1 In This Chapter -- 2 Partnership as a Public Safety Multiplier -- 2.1 Misconceptions and Benefits -- 2.2 Government Buildings and Sites -- 2.3 Healthcare -- 2.4 Schools: From K12 to Higher Ed -- 2.5 Business Improvement Districts -- 2.6 Public Transit -- 2.7 Aviation -- 2.8 Port Protection -- 2.9 Disaster Recovery -- 2.10 Additional Innovative Collaborations -- 3 Real-World Considerations and Challenges -- 3.1 Jurisdictional Considerations -- 3.2 Liability Issues -- 3.3 Training, Firearms, and Unions -- 3.4 Public Policy and Community Issues -- 3.5 Contracting Considerations -- 3.6 Budget Considerations -- 3.7 The Need for Collaboration -- 4 Utilizing Liaison Organizations -- 4.1 ASIS International's Law Enforcement Liaison Council (LELC) -- 4.2 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Private Sector Liaison Committee -- 4.3 International Downtown Association (IDA) -- 4.4 The National League of Cities (NLC) -- 5 Making it Happen -- 5.1 Clear Communication at the Outset
- 6 Summary: The Public Safety Multiplier