NCJ Number
206748
Journal
Security Journal Volume: 17 Issue: 3 Dated: 2004 Pages: 11-19
Editor(s)
Bonnie S. Fisher,
Martin Gill
Date Published
2004
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This article presents a historical overview of the security industry and its managerial and litigation practices.
Abstract
Conceptually, and in actuality, no organized process can long survive or thrive without adequate security. Security management concerns a wide spectrum of activities and skills integral to contemporary organizations. In modern times, security has aided the functioning of modern corporations, non-government organizations, and government itself. The security industry and many of its distinct managerial practices originated in the United States in the second half of the 19th century. Infusing the ideology and strategy of security practitioners has been the recent decades of managerial precepts and training from academic management programs. Optimal security programs and practices are characterized by the expertise of their development and supervision. This article addresses several issues in regards to the wide spectrum of activities and skills involved in security management and integral to organizations and include: (1) how did security-related activities and skills emerge in the modern managerial environment; (2) do they constitute matters that truly may be termed “expert” or involving “expertise;” and (3) how have security experts informed civil and criminal litigation in the United States? 26 Notes