Security and Loss Prevention

An Introduction
7. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-12-811795-8
Verlag: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Buch, Englisch, 772 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 191 mm, Gewicht: 1564 g

Security and Loss Prevention: An Introduction, Seventh Edition, provides introductory and advanced information on the security profession. Security expert, Phil Purpura, CPP, includes updates on security research, methods, strategies, technologies, laws, issues, statistics and career options, providing a comprehensive and interdisciplinary book that draws on many fields of study for concepts, strategies of protection and research. The book explains the real-world challenges facing security professionals and offers options for planning solutions. Linking physical security with IT security, the book covers internal and external threats to people and assets and private and public sector responses and issues.

As in previous editions, the book maintains an interactive style that includes examples, illustrations, sidebar questions, boxed topics, international perspectives and web exercises. In addition, course instructors can download ancillaries, including an instructor's manual with outlines of chapters, discussion topics/special projects, essay questions, and a test bank and PowerPoint presentation for each chapter.

Zielgruppe

<p>Undergraduate and graduate students, security practitioners, military personnel, those studying for the CPP exam (ASIS International) and others engaged in security and loss prevention</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Purpura, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Sicherheitsgewerbe
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Gebäudesicherheit
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Risikobewertung, Risikotheorie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Risikomanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The History of Security and Loss Prevention2. The Business, Careers, and Challenges of Security and Loss Prevention3. Foundations of Security and Loss Prevention4. Law5. Internal and External Relations6. Applicant Screening and Employee Socialization7. Internal Threats and Countermeasures8. External Threats and Countermeasures9. Services and Systems10. Investigations11. Accounting, Accountability, and Auditing12. Resilience, Risk Management, Business Continuity, and Emergency Management13. Life Safety, Fire Protection, and Emergencies14. Safety in the Workplace15. Terrorism and Homeland Security16. Protecting Critical Infrastructure17. Protecting Commercial and Institutional Critical Infrastructure18. Topics of Concern19. Your Future in Security and Loss Prevention

Über Autor(innen)

Purpura, Philip
Philip P. Purpura has been a criminal justice educator for more than 20 years. He has directed criminal justice, security, and paralegal programs, and has practical experience as a security consultant, expert witness, security manager, corporate investigator, and police officer. Mr. Purpura is the author of several other textbooks and numerous articles published in newsletters, magazines, and journals.