Security and Loss Prevention: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780128117958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 772 str.

Philip Purpura

Opis

Security and Loss Prevention, Seventh Edition provides introductory and advanced information on the body of knowledge of the security profession. Security expert Phil Purpura, CPP, includes updates on security research, methods, strategies, technologies, laws, issues, statistics, and career options. The book is comprehensive and interdisciplinary, drawing on many fields of study for concepts, strategies of protection, and research. It explains the real-world challenges facing security professionals and offers options for planning solutions. Linking physical security with IT security, the main topics include internal and external threats to people and assets, and private and public sector responses and issues. The Seventh Edition is enhanced by covering research and standards of professional organizations and the knowledge, competencies and tasks required of practitioners. As in previous editions, the Seventh Edition maintains an interactive style. Boxes on actual security challenges bridge theory to practice, along with case problems at the end of chapters. The book includes examples, illustrations, sidebar questions, boxed topics, international perspectives, and Web exercises. Instructors teaching a course may download ancillaries including an Instructor's Manual with outlines of chapters, discussion topics/special projects, essay questions, a test bank for each chapter, and a PowerPoint presentation for each chapter.

• Covers the latest developments such as ransomware, the internet of things, marijuana legalization, and climate change, and how they apply to security and loss prevention
• Incorporates changes in laws, presents various strategies of asset protection, and covers the ever-evolving technology of security and loss prevention
• Utilizes end-of-chapter case problems that take the chapters' content and relate it to real security situations and issues, offering various perspectives on contemporary security challenges
• Serves both students and professionals interested in security and loss prevention for a wide variety of operations---industrial, critical infrastructure sectors, retail, healthcare, schools, non-profits, homeland security agencies, the military, criminal justice agencies, other government agencies, and more

Recenzje

"Author Philip Purpura wrote Security and Loss Prevention to help the readerSecurity and Loss Prevention: An Introduction become a better critical thinker: to help the reader understand and apply theories, methodologies, and practical strategies to real-world challenges. The author superbly achieves the goal in the seventh edition of this book that reads like an encyclopedia of security and loss prevention knowledge." ...Each topic is well covered, so read the book: it's in there." --Security Management

Spis treści

1. The History of Security and Loss Prevention2. The Business, Careers, and Challenges of Security and Loss Prevention3. Foundations of Security and Loss Prevention4. Law5. Internal and External Relations6. Applicant Screening and Employee Socialization7. Internal Threats and Countermeasures8. External Threats and Countermeasures9. Services and Systems10. Investigations11. Accounting, Accountability, and Auditing12. Resilience, Risk Management, Business Continuity, and Emergency Management13. Life Safety, Fire Protection, and Emergencies14. Safety in the Workplace15. Terrorism and Homeland Security16. Protecting Critical Infrastructure17. Protecting Commercial and Institutional Critical Infrastructure18. Topics of Concern19. Your Future in Security and Loss Prevention

O autorze

Philip P. Purpura has been a criminal justice educator for more than 20 years. He has directed criminal justice, security, and paralegal programs, and has practical experience as a security consultant, expert witness, security manager, corporate investigator, and police officer. Mr. Purpura is the author of several other textbooks and numerous articles published in newsletters, magazines, and journals.