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Desere Kokt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • using the competing values framework cvf to investigate organisational culture in a major private Security Company
    South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2011
    Co-Authors: Desere Kokt, C A Van Der Merwe
    Abstract:

    The proliferation of crime, especially in the South African context, has placed considerable emphasis on the private Security industry.  This has also increased fierce competition in the private Security domain with both national and international private Security companies infiltrating the South African market.  Like public policing private Security has an important role to play in combating crime and other transgressions, with the exception that private Security owes its existence to paying customers.  By using the Competing Values Framework (CVF) as conceptual guide, the researchers are able to provide the managers of the Company under investigation with insight on how their cultural orientation affects their functioning and ultimately their competitive advantage.

  • a model for establishing a quality culture in a major private Security Company
    Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 2009
    Co-Authors: Desere Kokt
    Abstract:

    With the increasing emphasis on safety and Security over the past few years, the crucial role of private Security cannot be underestimated. Private Security aids public policing and the military forces in combating the growing occurrence of crime and terrorism, especially in the Western world. Despite its crucial role, private Security is a neglected area of investigation, especially in the South African context. The aim of this paper is not only to reflect on the multitude of research on organisational culture and quality (TQM), but to propose a model for implementing this in a major private Security Company. By using the three-level typology of Schein (1992) as conceptual framework, and by examining one of South Africa's largest Security companies, the author is able to suggest a model for the establishment of a quality culture in the organisation.

Les Johnston - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • from pluralisation to the police extended family discourses on the governance of community policing in britain
    International Journal of The Sociology of Law, 2003
    Co-Authors: Les Johnston
    Abstract:

    With increased pluralisation of Security there has been a growing dispute about the governance (or ‘ownership’) of community policing: whether community policing is something that the police do on behalf of communities; that communities do on their own behalf, either through municipal, commercial or citizen-based provision; or that communities and police do in partnership with one another. This paper examines recent developments with regard to the governance of community policing in Britain. First, it considers municipal-led modes of community policing. By the provision of central government funding, municipalities have been able to employ neighbourhood (or community) wardens to undertake a variety of tasks including crime prevention and environmental improvement. The paper draws upon research from one community warden scheme—involving a partnership between local authority and a private Security Company. Amongst the issues considered are the potentially complex relations obtaining between wardens and the local police. While varied, the police response to pluralisation, in general, and to municipalisation, in particular reflects aspects of Stenning's (1989) analysis of the stages of police reaction to the growth of private Security in Canada. Though there has been no single police ‘position’ on the governance of plural policing in Britain, an influential model (‘the police extended family’) has begun to emerge. In part, this model has arisen because of concern in some places—including London—that municipal governments might opt to set up their own police forces, thereby posing a threat of ‘Balkanization’ (Blair, 2002). The second part of the paper examines key aspects of this model particularly as it applies to the employment of ‘community support officers’ by constabularies in England and Wales.

Elzbieta Karska - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Human rights violations committed by private military and Security companies: an international law analysis
    Espaço Jurídico: Journal of Law, 2016
    Co-Authors: Elzbieta Karska
    Abstract:

    Abstract: This paper is devoted to the growing phenomenon of the private military and Security industry with respect to human rights obligations. In the first part, it will analyze the concept of a private Security Company, which is not clear in national regulations and has few relevant provisions in international conventions. The second part will contain a short description of examples of human rights violations committed by private military and Security companies, or with their participation, during service delivery or other forms of activity. The third part of this paper discusses possible methods of responsibility enforcement, with respect to the transnational character of many private Security companies involved in human rights violations worldwide. One of the most important elements of the discussion in international community should focus on binding international instrument, preferably a convention, which would be able to establish at least very elementary rules for states and international organizations, responsible for using private military and Security companies. The international community has witnessed a lot of initiatives from non-governmental entities, also model laws and self-regulations of the private Security industry, but still the real problem has not even been reduced. The number of human rights violations has grown. Keywords: Human rights. Private Security companies. Liability.

Jonathan Powell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Irad Ben-gal - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Using targeted Bayesian network learning for suspect identification in communication networks
    International Journal of Information Security, 2017
    Co-Authors: Astrid Gruber, Irad Ben-gal
    Abstract:

    This paper proposes a machine learning application to identify mobile phone users suspected of involvement in criminal activities. The application characterizes the behavioral patterns of suspect users versus non-suspect users based on usage metadata such as call duration, call distribution, interaction time preferences and text-to-call ratios while avoiding any access to the content of calls or messages. The application is based on targeted Bayesian network learning method. It generates a graphical network that can be used by domain experts to gain intuitive insights about the key features that can help identify suspect users. The method enables experts to manage the trade-off between model complexity and accuracy using information theory metrics. Unlike other graphical Bayesian classifiers, the proposed application accomplishes the task required of a Security Company, namely an accurate suspect identification rate (recall) of at least 50% with no more than a 1% false identification rate. The targeted Bayesian network learning method is also used for additional tasks such as anomaly detection, distinction between “relevant” and “irrelevant” anomalies, and for associating anonymous telephone numbers with existing users by matching behavioral patterns.