E-book
Private security and the law
Record details
- ISBN: 6611023763
- ISBN: 9786611023768
- ISBN: 9781281023766
- ISBN: 1281023760
- ISBN: 0080525091
- ISBN: 9780080525099
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 474 pages) : illustrations
remote - Edition: 3rd ed.
- Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, ©2005.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Historical Foundations of Private Security -- Introduction: The Concepts of Self-Help and Self-Protection -- Historical Foundations -- Coming of Age: Private Security -- Contemporary Private Security -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 2. Regulation, Licensing, Education, and Training: The Path to Professionalism in the Security Industry -- Introduction: The Impetus for Increased Regulation -- Federal Regulation -- State Regulation -- Ethical Considerations -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 3. The Law of Arrest, Search, and Seizure: Applications in the Private Sector -- Introduction -- Constitutional Framework of American Criminal Justice -- Arrest and Private Sector Justice -- The Law of Search and Seizure: Public Police -- The Law of Search and Seizure: Private Police -- Challenges to the Safe Harbor of Private Security -- Constitutional Prognosis for Private Security -- Summary -- Case Examples -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 4. Civil Liability of Security Personnel -- Introduction -- The Nature of Civil Liability -- Classification of Civil Wrongs/Torts -- Remedies under the Civil Rights Act: 42 U.S.C. ʹ 1983 -- "Private" Applications of ʹ 1983 -- State Regulations as Providing Color of State Law -- Summary -- Case Examples -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 5. Criminal Liability of Security Personnel -- Introduction: The Problem of Criminal Liability -- Defenses to Criminal Acts: Self-Help -- Procedural Questions -- Summary -- Case Examples -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 6. The Enforcement of Laws and the Interpretation of Evidence -- Introduction: Private Security's Role in Enforcing the Law -- Defining Criminal Liability -- Classification of Offenses and Related Penalties -- Specific Types of Crimes and Offenses -- Evidence and Proof -- Summary -- Case Examples -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 7. Public and Private Law Enforcement: A Blueprint for Cooperation -- Introduction: The Relationship Between the Public and Private Sectors -- Positive Programs on Interaction and Cooperation -- Recommendations -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 8. Selected Case Readings -- Introduction -- Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Pendleton Detectives of Mississippi, Inc. 182 F.3d 376, (5th Cir. 1999) -- Arthur Letourneau et al. v. The Department of Registration and Education et al., 212 Ill. App. 3d 717; 571 N.E.2d 783 (1991) -- Stephanie P. Austin v. Paramount Parks, Inc., 195 F.3d 715 (4th Cir. 1999) -- Beverly Jean Whitehead, et al. v. USA-One, Inc., 595 So. 2d 867 (Ala. Sup. 1992) -- Burdeau v. Mcdowell, 256 U.S. 465; 41 S. Ct. 574; 65 L. Ed. 1048 (1921) -- State of Minnesota v. Jeffrey Scott Buswell, 449 N.W.2d 471 (Minn. App. 1989) -- Kelley et al. v. Baker Protective Services, Inc., 198 Ga. App. 378; 401 S.E.2d 585 (1991) -- Leroy Ross v. Texas One, 796 S.W.2d 206 (Tx. App. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Subject: | Private security services -- United States Police, Private -- United States |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
