Comparison of strategic and operational good practice for private security personnel in the night-time economy and the Cairns City model

Security Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 326-341

  Hayes Jonkers, Charmaine S ^a   Pointing, Shane ^a   Clough, Alan R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Model of good practice; private security; Roles and responsibility; Security industry; Security training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867789588     PISSN: 09551662     EISSN: 17434645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sj.2011.24     Document Type: Article

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