This interdisciplinary collection places corporate security in a theoretical and global context. Arguing that corporate security is becoming the primary form of security in the twenty-first century and affecting an increasing number of people inside and outside of corporations, this is one of the first books to examine corporate security practices in multiple countries and from multiple perspectives.

Bringing together key international scholars from sociology, criminology, political science, critical security studies, international relations, and law, the contributors reveal corporate security practices as diverse, complex, and theoretically-stimulating, and explore a range of issues including regulation, accountability, militarization and strategies of securitization.

Providing an enlightening discussion of the implications of corporate security practices for legal, social, and political theory, this book reveals how these practices are conceived, organized, and managed, and assesses the consequences of more spaces, people, and organizations being governed through corporate security.

Kevin Walby is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Winnipeg, Canada, specializing in security and policing. He is author of Touching Encounters: Sex, Work, and Male-for-Male Internet Escorting (2012) and co-editor of Brokering Access: Power, Politics, and Freedom of Information Process in Canada (2012) and Policing Cities: Urban Securitization and Regulation in a 21st Century World (2013).

Randy K. Lippert is Professor of Criminology at the University of Windsor, Canada specializing in security, policing, and urban governance. He is co-editor of Eyes Everywhere: the Global Growth of Camera Surveillance (2012), Sanctuary Practices in International Perspective (2013), and Policing Cities: Urban Securitization and Regulation in a 21st Century World (2013).

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