Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Security Supervision and Management: Theory and Practice of Asset Protection; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Authors and Contributors; Foreword; What Is a Supervisor?; What Is a Manager?; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Sandi J. Davies, Co-editor; Christopher A. Hertig, CPP, CPOI, Co-editor; Brion P. Gilbride, CPP, CSSM, CPO, Co-editor; Security Supervision and Management Text; Security Supervision and Management Program Objectives; Conclusion; Protection Officer Code of Ethics; Protection Officer Code of Ethics; Loyalty; Exemplary Conduct; Confidentiality
  • Safety and SecurityDeportment; Law Enforcement Liaison; Strive to Learn; Develop Rapport; Honesty; Prejudice; Self-Discipline; Conclusion; Unit I
  • Foundations; 1
  • What is Asset Protection?; Mission; Nature of the Asset Protection Professional; End Notes; 2
  • Legal Aspects of Security; Introduction; Historical Perspectives; Key Terms and Concepts; Arrest and Detention; Interrogation; Search and Seizure; Considerations Regarding the Use of Force; Civil Liability; Criminal Law and Criminal Liability; Trespassing; Labor Law, Discipline, and Dismissal; Employment-at-Will; Discipline
  • Dismissal/RemovalLegal Standards Regarding Privacy; Employee Background Investigations; Trade Secrets; Administrative Law; Regulations Governing the Security Industry; Standards; Giving Depositions and Testifying in Legal and Quasi-Legal Proceedings; Emerging Trends; End Notes; 3
  • Theories of Crime and Criminal Behavior and Their Implications for Security; The Classical and Neoclassical Schools of Thought; The Positivist School of Thought; Other Explanations of Criminality; Criminological Theories in the Real World; Appendix: Quick Reference Theory Matrix; End Notes
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  • Ethics, Integrity, and Professional ConductIntroduction; Definition of Ethics; Code of Ethics; Leadership Commitment for Change; A Model for Establishing a Code of Ethics in a Major Private Security Company; Training to Make Ethical Decisions; Integrity Issues Involving Time or Abuse of Office; When Security Becomes the Enemy; What Can the Security Professional Do About This?; Emerging Trends; Surveillance/Video Systems; Intelligence Gathering; Other Considerations; End Notes; 5
  • The Theories of Accident Causation; Heinrich's Domino Theory; Ferrell's Human Factor Model
  • Petersen's Accident/Incident ModelSystems Models; The Integration of Theories and General Safety Program Implications; Emerging Trends; End Notes; 6
  • An Introduction to the Supply Chain; What Is the Supply Chain?; Time and Cost versus Impacts; Information Is Everything; End Notes; Unit II
  • Basics of Supervision; 7
  • Supervisory Characteristics and Expectations; Contract versus Proprietary; The Promotion to Supervisor; The Impact of Poor Supervision; What Employees Expect from Supervisors; Conclusions; End Notes; 8
  • Company Policy and Procedures: The Security Supervisor's Primer