NCJ Number
101362
Date Published
1986
Length
467 pages
Annotation
This comprehensive guide to security management covers security audits and surveys, policies and procedures, budgeting, legal issues, personnel, technology, and generic problems that most security departments must handle.
Abstract
The book initially discusses components of a quality security program, planning, and management techniques. A series of audits and surveys for physical security, perimeter security, access control, and information security are presented. The guide provides a checklist identifying policies and procedures typically found in progressive security programs, as well as outlines of situation-specific procedures and security manuals. The fiscal management chapter examines cost considerations that affect program development, security personnel, and hardware. Issues concerning security's susceptibility to tort liability and judicial decisions that deal with criminal liability are discussed. The personnel management section focuses on recruitment, training, and evaluations. The guide also explains the technology of intrusion alarms, automated access control, fire suppression, and closed circuit television systems. Specific security situations addressed include employee theft, computer security, executive protection, bomb threats, and terrorism. Charts, forms, checklists, approximately 90 references, and index.