Securing the City: Emerging Markets in the Private Provision of Security Services in Chicago

Part of a special issue on resistance to neoliberal globalization. The private security industry in Chicago has capitalized on rising fears of insecurity to expand its reach into formerly public-sector domains, such as the policing of public space. The expansion of the private security industry, tog...

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Authors: Theodore, Nikolas 1964- (Author) ; Martin, Nina (Author) ; Lugalia-Hollon, Ryan 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2006
In: Social justice
Year: 2006, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 85-100
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Public spaces
Law Enforcement
National Security
community policing
Security management
Private security services
Police
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Summary:Part of a special issue on resistance to neoliberal globalization. The private security industry in Chicago has capitalized on rising fears of insecurity to expand its reach into formerly public-sector domains, such as the policing of public space. The expansion of the private security industry, together with a growing reliance on advanced surveillance technology, has coincided with the ascendancy of order maintenance policing as the dominant orientation to securing public space. The privatization of security in Chicago's public transit system and public housing sector illustrate how the markets for private security services are constructed and highlight implications of the privatization of security for public safety in urban areas.