White, A. (2023) Critical workers? Private security, public perceptions and the Covid-19 pandemic. Security Journal, 36. pp. 317-332. ISSN 0955-1662
Abstract
This article is among the first to explore the role and status of the private security industry during the Covid-19 pandemic. Focussing on the UK case, it illustrates how even though most private security officers were designated as ‘critical workers’ in this time of crisis, performing a range of functions essential to national infrastructure and law and order, the public have been slow or reluctant to recognise the contribution of the sector. It argues that this disposition is reflective of a longstanding public ambivalence or unease towards the private security industry which can ultimately be traced to the state-centric sociological terrain of the policing field.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Author. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Security Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Private security, Policing, Public perceptions, Public health, Covid-19, Pandemic |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2022 09:02 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jun 2024 11:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/s41284-022-00339-0 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:185081 |