Safety in numbers: security on campus and the importance of the corporatization of universities
| Autor: | Andrea Corradi, James Popham |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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021110 strategic
defence & security studies business.industry Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Public relations Security policy Safety in numbers Corporatization 050501 criminology Institution Business Law Safety Research Risk management Physical security 0505 law media_common |
| Zdroj: | Security Journal. 35:628-648 |
| ISSN: | 1743-4645 0955-1662 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41284-021-00293-3 |
| Popis: | When visiting universities during recruitment tours, many students and parents want to know if the student will be ‘safe’ while attending the institution. This paper uses a qualitative examination of security at a Canadian university to argue that the increase in security measures on campuses is driven by both the desire to provide physical security and the pressure from the increasing corporatization of academia to use security as a recruitment and retention tool. These goals can be served by the same security measures or compete for budgetary priority. Overall, this study demonstrates how the concepts of corporatization, institutional risk management, security theatre, and university branding are present in how the university designs security policies and brands itself as a ‘safe’ environment, and how this can leave students wanting. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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