RT Article
T1 Securing the City: Emerging Markets in the Private Provision of Security Services in Chicago
JF Social justice
VO 33
IS 3
SP 85
OP 100
A1 Theodore, Nikolas 1964-
A2 Martin, Nina
A2 Lugalia-Hollon, Ryan 1982-
LA English
YR 2006
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747157465
AB 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.
K1 Public spaces
K1 Law Enforcement
K1 National Security
K1 community policing
K1 Security management
K1 Private security services
K1 Police
K1 Contracting out