Security in courts: issues and options
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2010
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Sarre, W.T.
Prenzler, T.
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Proceedings of the 3rd justice environments conference, 2010, pp.1-11
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Architecture, technology and security for courts and tribunals (20 May 2010 - 22 May 2010 : Rydges World Square, Sydney)
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This paper looks at two important issues alive in court security today. The first issue is the trend towards security and risk management and the heightened responsibility upon courts to protect those who work or visit there. This trend comes in response to a number of incidents where people have been killed or injured at the hands of offenders in and around court precincts. The second issue is the shift to courts administrators contracting with private security personnel. Over the last quarter century there has been a widespread shifting of security functions from public to private hands. Today, private sector employees are well recognised in Australia as important players in prisoner transport and court security. What might this contracting 'in' of security services mean for the risk management of courts?
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Copyright 2010 University of Western Sydney