The private/public security Nexus in China.
TODAY THE PRIVATE SECURITY SECTOR IN CHINA IS BOOMING. As OF DECEMBER 2006, almost four million authorized private security guards were operating, a 100% increase over the previous year. (1) The 2006 figure includes 930,000 security personnel who work for companies owned directly by China's public security bureaus (PSB),...

SC sets aside graft case filed vs LCP chief.
Byline: REY G. PANALIGAN The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Sandiganbayan to dismiss the graft case filed against Dr. Juanito A. Rubio, assistant secretary for finance and management of the Department of Health (DoH) and executive director of the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) in...

U.S. Navy Awards Lockheed Martin Non-Guard Services Contract.
SEABROOK, Md., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin has been awarded an indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide non-guard security support services to the Commander, Naval Installations Command (CNIC). The contract is being awarded by the Government's Most Efficient Organization (MEO), named "Integrated Security Support Solutions (IS(3))". IS(3)...

Rise of the rent-a-cop: private security in Canada, 1991-2001.
Le present document repond aux questions sur la taille de l'industrie des services de securite et d'enquete au Canada. Il dresse un portrait de l'industrie en utilisant les donnees de Statistique Canada. Le secteur des services de securite prives a connu une croissance dramatique entre 1991 et 2001. Le...

EWEB, union to give talks another try.
Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard One week into a first-ever strike, EWEB union workers and management have yet to settle a contract - appearing to have instead settled into their assigned roles: workers walking the picket line, managers insisting everything's going just fine. The two...

Tri-S Security Subsidiary Awarded $42.5 million Contract for Federal Facilities in Southern Virginia.
ATLANTA, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tri-S Security Corp. , a provider of security services for government and private entities, today announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, Paragon Systems, Inc. ("Paragon"), was awarded, on December 31, 2008, a $42.5 million contract to provide armed and unarmed guard services in Southern Virginia. The...

Patterns of industrial performance in South Africa in the first decade of democracy: the continued influence of minerals-based activities.
Abstract Despite major restructuring of industry in South Africa under trade liberalisation, a review of sectoral patterns of development reveals strong elements of continuity. The article explores these patterns, and focuses on two main themes. The first is whether and what diversification has occurred within manufacturing industry...

The privatization of citizen security in Latin America: from elite guards to neighborhood vigilantes.
IN LATIN AMERICA, THE COMBINATION OF DEMOCRATIZATION, NEOLIBERALISM, AND record crime rates has converged to spur such a phenomenal growth in private security that private security guards now outnumber public police officers in nearly every country. Although governments and scholars alike have recognized this growth, there has been very...

That feeling of insecurity.
Byline: JYOTHI PRABHAKAR Banks, homes, malls, offices... today private security guards are an integral part of our lives. But just how far can we rely on them? Different days. Different events. But the conclusion is the same. A security guard shoots down his ex-employer, owner...

Crime control through private enterprise.
Israel Kirzner (1997, 62) explains that entrepreneurial discovery of opportunities gradually and systematically pushes back the boundaries of ignorance, thereby driving down costs and prices while increasing both the quantity and the quality of output. In the public-sector production of crime control, ignorance abounds, costs are high and rising,...