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Security: Private

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Definition

Private security refers to the nongovernmental practice of protecting people, property, and information, conducting investigation, and safeguarding an organization’s assets.

Introduction

Private security plays a role in protecting assets in both the public and private sectors. It means something different to the private sector, public sector, and public itself. Private security refers mainly to the use of interior and exterior measures to protect personnel and physical assets, such as access control doors, lighting in parking lots, or alarm systems. Others think of the people who safeguard assets and conduct investigations, specifically security officers, armored car drivers, or private investigators (see Private Detectives in this encyclopedia). Still, some others are concerned with cybersecurity, that is, protecting computer data, information systems, or data on the Internet.

Private security is a very large and vast field, comprised of the protection of lives and property...

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  1. Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA

    Seungmug (Zech) Lee

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  1. Dept of Security, Fire & Emergency Mgmt, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA

    Lauren R. Shapiro

  2. Dept. of Security, Fire & Emergency Mgmt, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA

    Marie-Helen Maras

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Lee, S.(. (2019). Security: Private. In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_242-1

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