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The Handbook of Security

Palgrave Macmillan

Editors:

  1. Martin Gill

    1. Perpetuity Research, Tunbridge Wells, UK

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  • Builds on the highly successful second edition and addresses growing dimensions of security

  • Focusses on crime and security threats

  • Includes an open access chapter: 5. Forensic Intelligence And Traceology In Digitalised Environments

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Table of contents (47 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xlii
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  2. Introducing the Handbook of Security

    • Martin Gill
    Pages 1-15

  4. Offence Types

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    6. Examining Private Sector Strategies for Preventing Insurance Fraud

      • Yuriy Timofeyev, Michael Skidmore
      Pages 239-260

    9. Corruption, Bribery and Corporate Crime: Victims and Perpetrators

      • Branislav Hock, Mark Button, David Shepherd
      Pages 307-331

  5. Crime and Security in Different Domains

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 333-333
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About this book

The substantially revised third edition of The Handbook of Security provides the most comprehensive analysis of scholarly security debates and issues to date. It reflects the developments in security technology, the convergence of the cyber and security worlds, and the fact that security management has become even more business focused. It covers newer topics like terrorism, violence, and cybercrime through various offence types such as commercial robbery and bribery. This handbook comprises mostly brand new chapters and a few thoroughly revised chapters, with discussions of the impact of the pandemic. It includes contributions from some of the world's leading scholars from an even broader geographic scale to critique the way security is provided and managed. It speaks to professionals working in security and students studying security-related courses.

Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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Keywords

  • crime prevention
  • crime reduction
  • offences at work
  • risk management
  • crisis management
  • security studies
  • workplace crime
  • crime
  • crime mapping
  • criminology
  • prevention
  • terrorism
  • workplace violence
  • piracy
  • cyber security
  • cybercrime
  • securitization
  • organised crime
  • harm
  • covid
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Reviews

“Martin Gill’s Handbook of Security does not pale in this third offering. It adeptly captures the security trends and concerns characterising the current landscape.” (Suzy Graham, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

“Dr. Gill continues to leverage his extensive knowledge and expert contacts to provide practitioners and academics alike a strong resource as they learn and plan.” (Read Hayes, Research Scientist, University of Florida, USA, and Director, Loss Prevention Research Council)

“Martin Gill, in this the third and very welcome edition of the Handbook of Security, has skilfully curated a masterful review of developments in a rapidly evolving field of enquiry that has been, and is being, constantly reshaped by the novel harmscapes that have emerged as a defining feature of 21st century existence.” (Clifford Shearing, University of Cape Town, South Africa and Griffith University, Australia)


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Editors and Affiliations

  • Perpetuity Research, Tunbridge Wells, UK

    Martin Gill

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About the editor

Martin Gill is a criminologist who holds honorary/visiting Chairs at the Universities of Leicester and London, UK. Martin has been actively involved in a range of studies relating to different aspects of security, private policing and business crime. Martin is Fellow of The Security Institute, a member of the Company of Security Professionals (and a Freeman of the City of London). He is Trustee of the ASIS Foundation. In 2010 he was recognised by the BSIA with a special award for ‘outstanding service to the security sector’. In 2016 he was awarded the Imbert Prize by the Association of Security Consultants. In 2016 ASIS International awarded him a Presidential Order of Merit for distinguished service. In 2016 he was entered onto the Register of Chartered Security Professionals. Martin is the Founder of the Outstanding Security Performance Awards (the OSPAs and Cyber OSPAs) and Tackling Economic Crime Awards (the TECAs).
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