Benjamin Goold is a University Lecturer in Law and a Fellow and Tutor at Somerville College, University of Oxford. His major research interests are in the use of surveillance technology by the police, and the relationship between individual privacy rights and the criminal law. He also writes on aspects of the Japanese criminal justice system, and is a member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies and an Associate Member of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies. Lucia Zedner is Professor of Criminal Justice, Law Fellow at Corpus Christi College, and a Member of the Centre for Criminology in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Her research interests include criminology and criminal justice, especially penal theory and comparative criminal justice. She has written extensively on the subject of security, anti-terrorism policy, community safety, and the private security industry.

• Contents: Series preface; Introduction. Part I Theorizing Security: The concept of security, Lawrence Freedman; Against security: thinking normatively about private security, Ian Loader . Part II Security and Governance: Punishment and the changing face of governance; The patchwork shape of reassurance policing in England and Wales: integrated local security quilts or frayed, fragmented and fragile tangled webs?, Adam Crawford and Stuart Lister; Security in the age of networks, Benoît Dupont; Governing security for common goods, Clifford Shearing and Jennifer Wood. Part III The Burdens of Security: Consumer culture and the commodification of policing and security, Ian Loader; The commodification of policing: security networks in the late modern city, Tim Newburn ; Security and liberty: the image of balance, Jeremy Waldron; Too much security?, Lucia Zedner. Part IV The Private Security Industry: Modern private security: its growth and implications, Clifford D. Shearing and Philip C. Stenning; Privatization and capitalist development: the case of the private police, Steven Spitzer and Andrew T. Scull; Private policing in context, Les Johnston; Urban change and policing: mass private property re-considered, Trevor Jones and Tim Newburn. Part V Risk, Insecurity, and Uncertainty: The moral hazards of neo-liberalism: lessons from the private insurance industry, Richard Ericson, Dean Barry and Aaron Doyle; Security in ambiguity: towards a radical security politics, Willem de Lint and Sirpa Virta; The uncertain promise of risk, Pat O'Malley. PartVI Comparative and International Issues: The concept of security: an agenda for comparative analysis, Lucia Zedner; Policing, securitization and democracy in Europe, Ian Loader ; Technologies, security, and privacy in the post 9/11 European information society, Michael Levi and David S. Wall; The governance of security in weak and failing states, Benoît Dupont, Peter Grabosky and Clifford Shearing; Index.

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Benjamin Goold is a University Lecturer in Law and a Fellow and Tutor at Somerville College, University of Oxford. His major research interests are in the use of surveillance technology by the police, and the relationship between individual privacy rights and the criminal law. He also writes on aspects of the Japanese criminal justice system, and is a member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies and an Associate Member of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies. Lucia Zedner is Professor of Criminal Justice, Law Fellow at Corpus Christi College, and a Member of the Centre for Criminology in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Her research interests include criminology and criminal justice, especially penal theory and comparative criminal justice. She has written extensively on the subject of security, anti-terrorism policy, community safety, and the private security industry.

• Contents: Series preface; Introduction. Part I Theorizing Security: The concept of security, Lawrence Freedman; Against security: thinking normatively about private security, Ian Loader . Part II Security and Governance: Punishment and the changing face of governance; The patchwork shape of reassurance policing in England and Wales: integrated local security quilts or frayed, fragmented and fragile tangled webs?, Adam Crawford and Stuart Lister; Security in the age of networks, Benoît Dupont; Governing security for common goods, Clifford Shearing and Jennifer Wood. Part III The Burdens of Security: Consumer culture and the commodification of policing and security, Ian Loader; The commodification of policing: security networks in the late modern city, Tim Newburn ; Security and liberty: the image of balance, Jeremy Waldron; Too much security?, Lucia Zedner. Part IV The Private Security Industry: Modern private security: its growth and implications, Clifford D. Shearing and Philip C. Stenning; Privatization and capitalist development: the case of the private police, Steven Spitzer and Andrew T. Scull; Private policing in context, Les Johnston; Urban change and policing: mass private property re-considered, Trevor Jones and Tim Newburn. Part V Risk, Insecurity, and Uncertainty: The moral hazards of neo-liberalism: lessons from the private insurance industry, Richard Ericson, Dean Barry and Aaron Doyle; Security in ambiguity: towards a radical security politics, Willem de Lint and Sirpa Virta; The uncertain promise of risk, Pat O'Malley. PartVI Comparative and International Issues: The concept of security: an agenda for comparative analysis, Lucia Zedner; Policing, securitization and democracy in Europe, Ian Loader ; Technologies, security, and privacy in the post 9/11 European information society, Michael Levi and David S. Wall; The governance of security in weak and failing states, Benoît Dupont, Peter Grabosky and Clifford Shearing; Index.

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Benjamin Goold is a University Lecturer in Law and a Fellow and Tutor at Somerville College, University of Oxford. His major research interests are in the use of surveillance technology by the police, and the relationship between individual privacy rights and the criminal law. He also writes on aspects of the Japanese criminal justice system, and is a member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies and an Associate Member of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies. Lucia Zedner is Professor of Criminal Justice, Law Fellow at Corpus Christi College, and a Member of the Centre for Criminology in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Her research interests include criminology and criminal justice, especially penal theory and comparative criminal justice. She has written extensively on the subject of security, anti-terrorism policy, community safety, and the private security industry.

• Contents: Series preface; Introduction. Part I Theorizing Security: The concept of security, Lawrence Freedman; Against security: thinking normatively about private security, Ian Loader . Part II Security and Governance: Punishment and the changing face of governance; The patchwork shape of reassurance policing in England and Wales: integrated local security quilts or frayed, fragmented and fragile tangled webs?, Adam Crawford and Stuart Lister; Security in the age of networks, Benoît Dupont; Governing security for common goods, Clifford Shearing and Jennifer Wood. Part III The Burdens of Security: Consumer culture and the commodification of policing and security, Ian Loader; The commodification of policing: security networks in the late modern city, Tim Newburn ; Security and liberty: the image of balance, Jeremy Waldron; Too much security?, Lucia Zedner. Part IV The Private Security Industry: Modern private security: its growth and implications, Clifford D. Shearing and Philip C. Stenning; Privatization and capitalist development: the case of the private police, Steven Spitzer and Andrew T. Scull; Private policing in context, Les Johnston; Urban change and policing: mass private property re-considered, Trevor Jones and Tim Newburn. Part V Risk, Insecurity, and Uncertainty: The moral hazards of neo-liberalism: lessons from the private insurance industry, Richard Ericson, Dean Barry and Aaron Doyle; Security in ambiguity: towards a radical security politics, Willem de Lint and Sirpa Virta; The uncertain promise of risk, Pat O'Malley. PartVI Comparative and International Issues: The concept of security: an agenda for comparative analysis, Lucia Zedner; Policing, securitization and democracy in Europe, Ian Loader ; Technologies, security, and privacy in the post 9/11 European information society, Michael Levi and David S. Wall; The governance of security in weak and failing states, Benoît Dupont, Peter Grabosky and Clifford Shearing; Index.

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