White Adam
School of Law, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Secur J. 2022 Apr 13:1-16. doi: 10.1057/s41284-022-00339-0.
This article is among the first to explore the role and status of the private security industry during the Covid-19 pandemic. Focussing on the UK case, it illustrates how even though most private security officers were designated as 'critical workers' in this time of crisis, performing a range of functions essential to national infrastructure and law and order, the public have been slow or reluctant to recognise the contribution of the sector. It argues that this disposition is reflective of a longstanding public ambivalence or unease towards the private security industry which can ultimately be traced to the state-centric sociological terrain of the policing field.
本文是首批探讨新冠疫情期间私人保安行业的作用和地位的文章之一。以英国为例，它说明了尽管在危机期间大多数私人保安人员被指定为“关键工作者”，履行着对国家基础设施以及法律和秩序至关重要的一系列职能，但公众却迟迟没有或不愿意认可该行业的贡献。文章认为，这种倾向反映了公众长期以来对私人保安行业的矛盾态度或不安情绪，而这最终可追溯到以国家为中心的治安领域的社会学领域。
