Security and Loss Prevention : An Introduction

This third edition of Security and Loss Prevention has been updated with newer laws, technology, security strategies, and statistics to meet the needs of the ever-changing security profession. The text provides an introduction to security and loss prevention with an emphasis on strategies to prevent and reduce the incidence of crime, fire, and accident. This new edition serves as a helpful directory, providing addresses and phone numbers for important security-related organizations. It is user-friendly and interactive, with learning objectives, sidebars, case problems, boxes, and international perspectives. Thoroughly updated and revised Retains the excellent coverage of the original editions Recommended reading for the CPP exam

Philip P. Purpura has been a criminal justice educator for more than 20 years. He has directed criminal justice, security, and paralegal programs, and has practical experience as a security consultant, expert witness, security manager, corporate investigator, and police officer. Philip P. Purpura, CPP, is a college educator, consultant, expert witness, and writer. He began his security career in New York City and held management and proprietary and contract investigative positions. He also worked with a public police agency. Mr. Purpura is the author of three other security textbooks: Retail Security and Shrinkage Protection (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993), Modern Security and Loss Prevention Management (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1989), and The Security Handbook (Delmar, 1991). He has also written Criminal Justice: An Introduction (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997), and numerous articles in journals, magazines, and newsletters. He served as a contributing editor to three security periodicals. Mr. Purpura holds bachelor's and master's degrees in criminal justice from the University of Dayton and Eastern Kentucky University, respectively. He also studied in several foreign countries. He serves on the American Society for Industrial Security Standing Committee on Academic Programs. Presently, he is Director of the Security Training Institute and Resource Center and coordinator of the Church Security Project in South Carolina.