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Respect Given to Security Guards: Annotated Bibliography Administrator. There is no respect for a security guard in society and the crucial role he/she plays. Security Today. 7 Sep 2013. Web. 13 Mar 2014.

This article explains the importance of security guards, how they are not respected enough, and how there is little awareness about the role of security guards. There are around 1,500 security agencies in the United States employing for guards and about 120,000 police personnel. The police force is grossly inadequate, and, therefore the role of private guards is all the more important. The AP Private Security Association is taking all steps to increase skill levels of security guards because the need for them is growing in commercial establishments, offices, ATMs, malls, etc. There is little awareness about the role played by security guards and they are not getting the respect due to them and they are also being denied fair wages. The author of this article used a very reliable source for his/her information. The source was the president of the AP Private Security Association. The statistics for how many agencies in the U.S are employing for security guards is good evidence in proving how much guards are truly needed. The author makes a good point in this article about how little security guards are respected by explaining how the AP Private Security Association is trying to increase their skills but little is known about the importance of their role. Overall, this article contains a general message of the importance of security guards and their lack of being respected. Although this article gets the point across, it is very brief. It needs to contain more details of specifically how security guards are being disrespected. There are also some vague sentences in this article. For example, the government has enacted a special law for security guards and it is being implemented in twenty-three states and the AP government should also take steps in that

direction.(First paragraph. Web.) The author doesnt go into detail about what this law is, what it does, or which states are enforcing it. The information in this article reinstates the information I have gathered in my primary research of how much security guards are respected. From both scholarly and observational research I have learned that security guards are less respected than police officers. I plan on using this source in my final presentation of my research. Clifford D. Shearing and Philip C. Stenning. Modern Private Security: Its Growth and Implications. Crime and Justice. Vol. 3. (1981), pp. 193-245.

The growth in private security over the past several decades has changed the function of modern policing all over the world. The development of private security has grown due to shifts in property relations. These changes have encouraged individual liberty. The legal institutions regarding private property enhance the potential threat to individual liberty because of modern private security. The authors of this article point out a lot of negative aspects of private security. I feel that my primary research of security officers of the Epicentre in uptown Charlotte disprove some of their theories. For example, this article talks about how there is a grey area between private and public security. It is stated how its hard to distinguish a public officer from a private one. (p. 196). From my observations, I know that private security officers wear different uniforms than public police officers do. The public also recognizes this difference because thats one reason why they dont initially respect a security officer. They can tell that person is not a police officer. Another issue brought up in this article is that private security and public security conflict with each other. This may be true at times, but overall it appears to me from my observations that these two forces work well together. While private security is detaining a troublemaker, public security is on their way to arrest them. This article is very informative to my topic of study as it

describes a lot of general aspects of private security and how private security officers differ from public security officers. It does reinforce knowledge that I gained from my interviews with the security officers at the Epicentre. Such as, private security officers generally correlate to securing mass private property. Anderson, Terry. Every officer is a leader: Transforming leadership in police, justice, and public safety. CRC Press, 1999. This book is authored by leadership expert Terry Anderson and several well-known leaders in the law enforcement and criminal justice profession. They respond to the need for a comprehensive leadership development model for the education and training of police, justice, and public safety supervisors, managers and front line officers. It is examined how leadership development has a profound impact on the morale and performance of individual officers, teams, and organizations. This book also explains how police and other justice and public safety leaders (in corrections, fire, customs, immigration, security, courts, etc.) can implement the Transforming Leadership process, skills, and principles. Community members and the police administration are gaining higher expectations for public safety leaders (including security officers). Although this book primarily talks about new leadership skills these authoritive figures need to know, it also explains how the role of these people plays an important part in the community. It also explains how the need for these leaders is growing. This is valuable to my research because it shows how security guards are leaders of public safety too and how the demand for public safety is growing. This source will give my audience more evidence of why security guards should be respected. This book is a very strong writing. It gets the point across clearly to the reader. There is a lot of useful information in this

book about leadership skills, not only for public safety leaders but individuals as well. I did not find many weaknesses in this writing other than this book were written more for officers rather than a general audience. Bayley, David H., and Clifford D. Shearing. "The future of policing." Law and society review (1996): 585-606. This essay examines the restructuring of policing currently taken place in society. It argues that restructuring is occurring under private as well as government forces and will have profound effects on public safety, equity, human rights, and accountability. The driving forces behind restructuring are fear of crime, the inability of government to satisfy societys longing for security, the rise of mass private property, and cultural individualism. The essay concludes with a prediction about the future of policing. This is a quality essay. There are a lot of strong points pertaining to how the increase in security guards is becoming harmful to the police force. This article is similar to the in their point of views. I can use this essay in proceeding with my research on respect of security officers based on the point of; if private security officers are out numbering police officers, then thats another reason to respect their authority. I didnt find any weaknesses in this essay. There are plenty of in-cite citations showing where the information came from which is definitely a strong factor in a research essay. Devine, John. Maximum security: The culture of violence in inner-city schools. University of Chicago Press, 1996. Escalations in student violence continue throughout the nation, but inner-city schools are the hardest hit, with classrooms and corridors infected by the anger, aggression, and criminality

endemic to street life. Technological surveillance, security personnel, and paramilitary control tactics to maintain order and safety are the common administrative response. Exploring the culture of violence from within, John Devine argues that the security system, with its uniformed officers and invasive high-tech surveillance, has assumed authority over students' bodies and behavior, negating the traditional roles of teachers as guardians and agents of moral instruction. This article is written as an ethnography of a college student, John Devine. His ethnography includes descriptive observations of the interactions between the security guards and the students. He also includes factual information on school violence and how it is increasing. The tone of this article is written for scholars, parents, teachers, and anyone interested in knowing more about school violence in todays culture. I especially like how he makes his argument about security guards taking over teachers positions in enforcing behavior control clear. I will be using this source in my research to prove, once again, the importance and need of security officers. It will also give evidence in how they are not respected enough. Such as when student gang members go against security orders and graffiti the school. Bibliography Administrator. There is no respect for a security guard in society and the crucial role he/she plays. Security Today. 7 Sep 2013. Web. 13 Mar 2014. Anderson, Terry. Every officer is a leader: Transforming leadership in police, justice, and public safety. CRC Press, 1999. Bayley, David H., and Clifford D. Shearing. "The future of policing." Law and society review (1996): 585-606. Clifford D. Shearing and Philip C. Stenning. Modern Private Security: Its Growth and Implications. Crime and Justice. Vol. 3. (1981), pp. 193-245.

Devine, John. Maximum security: The culture of violence in inner-city schools. University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Quincy: Elaborate more on why articles help your ethnography. On last entry, touch up on analyzing and take out some of the summary in the analyzing part. Make sure your in-cite citations are correct. Extend length of last entry. Not sure if bibliography is needed.