"How crime and security are governed has become a critical issue in criminology over the first quarter of the twenty first century. Today we see a broader landscape of regulatory players who are involved in the control and management of crime, whether in crime prevention, safety in the community, or in providing private security services. The Security Field: Crime Control, Power and Symbolic Capital gets to grips with these changes and argues that this forms an emerging field in which different players appear to compete and ...
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"How crime and security are governed has become a critical issue in criminology over the first quarter of the twenty first century. Today we see a broader landscape of regulatory players who are involved in the control and management of crime, whether in crime prevention, safety in the community, or in providing private security services. The Security Field: Crime Control, Power and Symbolic Capital gets to grips with these changes and argues that this forms an emerging field in which different players appear to compete and co-operate but are ultimately vying to shape and order the field. This book draws on new thinking in the social sciences on questions of crime, fear and security and contributes to the expanding interest on the sociology and criminology of security by offering a Bourdieusian approach to plural policing and the everyday political economy of security. Drawing from Bourdieu's concept of field, this book builds a theory of the security field based upon a series of in-depth interviews with security actors such as senior police officers, NGOs, private security professionals, government officials, and community safety workers in Ireland. It demonstrates how security producers compete for cultural capital in its many forms - as data, information, and relationships - and ultimately as a way of cementing their positions in this emerging field. It shows the dominant power of the formal police and central government in shaping and ordering this relational space. In doing so, The Security Field: Crime Control, Power and Symbolic Capital builds an empirical case from three distinct areas of security production: urban security, community safety, and the connections between regulated private security and public crime prevention. It explores the challenges of securitisation in respect of public safety, security and rights, and the way in which social problems such as drug use, homelessness and urban marginality are recast as 'security' concerns. An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, urban studies and security studies"--
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New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 198 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white, Halftones, black & white, Tables, black & white. Routledge Studies in Crime, Security and Justice. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
