Private Security and Public Interest: Exploring Private Security Trends and Directions for Reform in the New Era of Plural Policing

这项研究将首次全面评估私人安全，以及它在澳大利亚公平有效地维持秩序、预防犯罪和执法方面能为社会提供什么和不能提供什么。从该行业产生的问题出发，该研究将探讨政府应如何规范私营供应商承担的越来越多的监管职能。它还将讨论私人警察如何才能最好地满足法律和司法标准、满足问责制的要求和发展与公共部门合作的互利模式等问题。这项研究将向决策者推荐21世纪首选的“多元”警务模式。

This study will provide the first ever comprehensive assessment of private security and what it can and cannot offer society in terms of fair and effective order maintenance, crime prevention and law enforcement in Australia. Stemming from problems incurred by the sector, the research will address how governments should regulate the growing range of policing functions undertaken by private providers. It will also address the issue of how private police can best satisfy legal and justice criteria, meet the demands of accountability and develop mutually beneficial models of cooperation with the public sector. The research will recommend to policy-makers preferred 'plural' policing models for the 21st century.