Rethinking Security: The Human Side of Risk Management (Crime Prevention and Security Management) - Hardcover

Suslov, Tymur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3031920678 ISBN 13: 9783031920677

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025

Synopsis

This short Pivot argues for a paradigm shift towards a human-centric approach, emphasising the importance of understanding and managing human behaviour as a fundamental aspect of effective security strategies. It explores the intersection of psychology, criminology, and security, providing a comprehensive framework for integrating behavioural insights into security practices.

The book questions the dependence on technology solutions and provides a new viewpoint, emphasising human behaviour as the core cause of security challenges. It explains complex psychological and criminological insights and provides straightforward explanations of psychological and criminological ideas that are critical to comprehending security issues. It advocates for paradigm shift in security practices and encourages a move from control-based to cooperative security paradigms.

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About the Author

Tymur Suslov is a consultant. He has a PGDip Criminology and Criminal Psychology from the University of Essex, UK, and a PGDip in International Security and Risk Management from the University of South Wales, UK. He worked in security for 10 years, starting as a security guard and up to management.

From the Back Cover

This short Pivot argues for a paradigm shift towards a human-centric approach, emphasising the importance of understanding and managing human behaviour as a fundamental aspect of effective security strategies. It explores the intersection of psychology, criminology, and security, providing a comprehensive framework for integrating behavioural insights into security practices.

The book questions the dependence on technology solutions and provides a new viewpoint, emphasising human behaviour as the core cause of security challenges. It explains complex psychological and criminological insights and provides straightforward explanations of psychological and criminological ideas that are critical to comprehending security issues. It advocates for paradigm shift in security practices and encourages a move from control-based to cooperative security paradigms.

Tymur Suslov is a consultant. He has a PGDip Criminology and Criminal Psychology from the University of Essex, UK, and a PGDip in International Security and Risk Management from the University of South Wales, UK. He worked in security for 10 years, starting as a security guard and up to management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3031920678
• ISBN 13: 9783031920677
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 114