RT Article
T1 Private security as moral drama: a tale of two scandals
JF Policing and society
VO 28
IS 8
SP 968
OP 984
A1 Hansen Löfstrand, Cecilia
A2 Loftus, Bethan
A2 Loader, Ian 1965-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1845626346
AB This article explores the phenomenon of scandals as they unfold in the private security industry. We begin by outlining our theoretical understanding of scandals, before tracking the key phases of two recent events – one in Sweden, the other in Britain. Scandals, we suggest, are best viewed as moral tales which dramatize a host of societal norms and values about private security and criminal justice, prompting a great deal of normative conflict. The wider point we draw from the analysis is that when market actors enter the field of policing and criminal justice, they not only re-shape that field, they are also re-shaped by it. Private security cannot, in other words, escape the moral dilemmas and conflicts that inescapably attend practices of policing and punishment.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 982-984
K1 Legitimacy
K1 Moral economy
K1 Private Security
K1 Scandal
DO 10.1080/10439463.2017.1348354