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Overview
Introduction to Security has been the leading text on private security for over thirty years. Celebrated for its balanced and professional approach, this new edition gives future security professionals a broad, solid base that prepares them to serve in a variety of positions in a growing field that is immune to outsourcing. Former and current members of the military, as well as works displaced by disappearing jobs, can all benefit from reading this book. The author team as well as an outstanding group of subject-matter experts combine knowledge and experience to create content geared to experiential learning. As a recommended title for security certifications, it is a crucial resource for working professionals, and is also used as a core security textbook in universities throughout the country. This is Butterworth-Heinemann's best-selling security text of all time, an essential reference for all security professionals.
The 9th edition expands on key topics and adds new material on the important issues in the 21st century environment such as: the importance of communication skills; the value of education; internet-related security risks; changing business paradigms; and brand protection.
* New sections on terrorism and emerging security threats like cybercrime and piracy
* Top industry professionals from aerospace and computer firms join instructors from large academic programs as co-authors and contributors
* Expanded ancillaries for both instructors and students, including interactive web-based video and case studies
Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students of Security and Criminal Justice, law enforcement personel, security consultants, security managers, security guards and other security professionals, individuals responsible for Homeland Security.
Editorials
Booknews
New edition of a book which discusses contemporary security issues<-->from security equipment and procedures to management and loss prevention theory. Readers are introduced to the options used to deal with a variety of today's security dilemmas, including recent concerns such as workplace violence and drugs in the workplace. Each chapter is followed up with an essay and short-answer questions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.From the Publisher
The authors faced a forbidding task of making the latest version relevant, but they have succeeded. - Security ManagementIt is clear why the book had reached its seventh edition. - Security Management