David Brooks, Edith Cowan University, AustraliaJeff Corkill, Edith Cowan University, AustraliaDaniel B. Kennedy, University of Detroit, USAAlex Luscombe, Carleton University, CanadaClarissa Meerts, Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsConor O'Reilly, Durham University, UKDarren Palmer, Deakin University, AustraliaKaren Lund Petersen, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkTim Prenzler, Griffith University, AustraliaRick Sarre, University of South Australia, AustraliaDennis M. Savard, Oakland University, USAAlison Wakefield, University of Portsmouth, UK Robert P. Weiss, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA Adam White, University of York, UKBlair Wilkinson, University of Victoria, CanadaJames W. Williams, York University in Toronto, CanadaIan Warren, Deakin University, Australia

Foreword; Mark Button Introduction: Governing every Person, Place, and Thing: Critical Studies of Corporate Security; Kevin Walby and Randy K. Lippert PART I: MAKING SENSE OF CORPORATE SECURITY: HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. Corporate Security at Ford Motor Company: From the Great War to the Cold War; Robert P. Weiss 2. Beyond the Regulatory Gaze? Corporate Security, (In)Visibility and the Modern State; Adam White 3. The Private Eyes of Corporate Culture: The Forensic Accounting and Corporate Investigation Industry and the Production of Corporate Financial Security; James W. Williams 4. The Politics of Corporate Security and the Translation of National Security; Karen Lund Petersen PART II: EMPIRICAL CASE STUDIES OF CORPORATE SECURITY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 5. Corporate Security: Governing through Private and Public Law in the Netherlands; Clarissa Meerts 6. Expertise and the Professionalization of Municipal Corporate Security in Canadian Cities; Kevin Walby, Alex Luscombe, and Randy K. Lippert 7. Operational Risk and Reputational Compromise: Managing the Militarization of Corporate Security in Iraq; Conor O'Reilly 8. Relationships and Conflicts in Canadian University Corporate Security Networks; Blair Wilkinson 9. Corporate Security, Licensing and Civil Accountability in the Australian Night-Time Economy; Ian Warren and Darren Palmer PART III: CORPORATE SECURITY: CHALLENGES AND DILEMMAS IN THE FIELD 10. Trends and Issues in Corporate Security Practice and Regulation in Australia; Rick Sarre and Tim Prenzler 11. Corporate Security and the Stratum of Security Management; David J. Brooks and Jeffery Corkill 12. Corporate Security and Enterprise Risk Management; Alison Wakefield 13. Crime and Security Liability Concerns at Shopping Centers; Dennis M. Savard and Daniel B. Kennedy

This interdisciplinary collection places corporate security in a theoretical and international context. Arguing that corporate security is becoming the primary form of security in the twenty-first century, it explores a range of issues including regulation, accountability, militarization, strategies of securitization and practitioner techniques.