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The Relational Geographies of Policing and Security
Author(s) -
Yarwood Richard,
Paasche Till
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
geography compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.587
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 1749-8198
DOI - 10.1111/gec3.12216
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , public security , public space , section (typography) , sociology , security studies , political science , criminology , public administration , business , engineering , computer science , advertising , architectural engineering , operating system
This paper considers the roles of policing and security in the geographies of everyday public and semi‐public space. We contend that while security is concerned with territory, policing relates to place. We consider the relationship between security and territory before examining the relationship between policing and place. In the final section, we argue that a relational view of space is needed to understand how practices of policing and security shape space and, in turn, the lives of people using it.