Changing Ecology of Security

• NCJ Number: 115872
• Journal: Journal of Security Administration Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Dated: (December 1988) Pages: 8-11
• Author(s): M Felson
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 4 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Security is not just a matter of locks, bolts, and badges.

Abstract

Indeed, it is a fundamental feature of human adaptation to environment. It can be analyzed in terms of human ecology. Security responds to changes in society's means of gaining a living and protecting it. Changes in North American ecology have greatly favored crime and impaired security. Some recent ecological changes, the development of facilities, may help to restore some measure of security in metropolitan areas. (Publisher abstract)