Randy K Lippert and Kevin Walby, A criminology of policing and security frontiers
| DOI | 10.1177/0004865819865986 |
| Published date | 01 December 2019 |
| Author | Fatima Ali |
| Date | 01 December 2019 |
| Subject Matter | Book Reviews |
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 52(4)
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Randy K Lippert and Kevin Walby, A criminology of policing and security frontiers, Bristol
University Press: Bristol, UK, 2019; 192 pp. ISBN 9781529202489, £80.00 (hbk)
Reviewed by: Fatima Ali, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Published in February 2019, Randy Lippert and Kevin Walby’s A Criminology
of Policing and Security Frontiers aims to highlight forms of security that are rarely
discussed in the literature of academic criminology. These include the emergence of
community safety officers (CSO), conservation officers, privately funded ambassadors,
public corporation security officers, and public police who have been privatized through
“user pays” hiring techniques. These officers are essential to the policing of a variety of
security frontiers. The authors invoke three particular kinds of frontier:
(1) An interdisciplinary approach was taken to achieve a broader understanding of
security in a criminogenic sense;
(2) Different “cutting-edge” methods were used to gain data, such as seeking private
information through freedom of information (FOI) requests; and
(3) Security and public policing are sometimes used as a means to further alienate and
control indigenous peoples.
The book is 192 pages long and consists of eight chapters, including the introduc-
tion, methodology, and conclusion. The introduction adequately explains the aim of
the book, the use and application of frontiers, and provides a brief outline of the
following chapters. Each chapter begins with a clear objective. If research relevant to
the chapter was conducted, a section would examine the methodology and identify any
limitations. The...
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