Loss Prevention and Security Procedures: Practical Applications for Contemporary Problems - Hardcover

Fischer Ph.D., Robert; Janoski, Richard J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750696281 ISBN 13: 9780750696289

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000

Synopsis

Loss Prevention and Security Procedures assists CEOs, security management and loss prevention specialists in dealing with loss. Losses in an organization may originate from a variety of threats, including natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and flooding. However, many of the threats to our assets are posed by individuals and may include drug activity, violence, theft and fraud. Loss Prevention and Security Procedures deals specifically with these and many more problems facing today' s security conscious professional.Written from the management perspective, Loss Prevention and Security Procedures offers discernment and wisdom directed toward the philosophy of anticipatory security, before losses occur and resolving them through the most cost effective initiatives possible.

Serves security professionals in a hands-on, practical manner Appeals to a mixed audience - it addresses the subject for the benefit of executive management as well as security practitionersIncludes practical forms

About this title

About the Author

Robert Fischer is President of Assets Protection Associates, Inc., a security consulting firm established in 1986. He earned his Ph.D. in education administration from Southern Illinois University in 1981. Dr. Fischer has served as a consultant to many organizations, including publishers, private security firms, retailers, and school districts. Dr. Fischer is a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the American Society for industrial Security, The Academy if Security Educators and Trainers, and the International Police Association. He recently retired from his positions as the Director of Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute, a project of the Illinois Law Enforcement and Standards Board, and as a professor of law enforcement and justice administration at Western Illinois University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750696281
• ISBN 13: 9780750696289
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320