Introduction to Private Security

By Kären Matison Hess

Book Overview

INTRODUCTION TO PRIVATE SECURITY, Fifth Edition, provides a comprehensive, accessible, state-of-the-art overview of private security, its principles, its legal authority, its growing role in the criminal justice system, and its impact on society. Newly updated with expanded coverage of important current issues such as IT security, terrorism, homeland security, and security management, this best-selling text has also been streamlined and redesigned with a more manageable, appealing, and flexible format. Hesss thoroughly engaging writing style and the clear, compelling organization of the text help make even complex course material interesting and accessible, while preparing you for success as a professional in a dynamic and exciting field.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0314067329
• ISBN13: 9780314067326
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Great basic security book. Some sections are slightly outdated.

Great book for basic security concepts. Some sections (electronics/internet, etc) are outdated, but the book is still very helpful.

Excellent Basic Text on Private Security...

"Introduction to Private Security", by Karen Hess and Henry Wrobleski, was published in 1996 but holds up extremely well as a basic but comprehensive introduction into the expanding field of private and corporate security. In a series of well-organized and easy-to-read chapters, Hess and Wrobleski lay out the historical and legal basis for private security, its principles, methods, and techniques, and the threat environment in which it operates. Coverage includes chapters dedicated to industrial, retail, commercial, and institutional security, as well as sections on violence in the workplace and dealing with the media. Each chapter includes study questions and thought pieces to test understanding and retention. If this textbook has a shortfall, it is that the information security and terrorist threats to private industry have become much more robust since 1996. Hess and Wrobleski address the topics, but instructors on private security may wish to work in supplemental materials on these particular threats. These cautions noted, this textbook is highly recommended for use in teaching and understanding the basics of private and corporate security.