018330000a22001810004500001000700000100004100007101000800048200007600056210000900132330128100141461007101422606002501493606002401518606001601542606003301558606004301591700001701634340654  a20220318              pory50          aeng  aAssessing the regulation of private security across EuropefMark Button  d2007  aThe importance and expansion of the role of private security officers in policing have led many countries to introduced special legislation to govern them. Many industrialized countries have a long history of such measures. The structures and standards introduced, however, have varied signigficantly. In North America general minimal standards have been mandeted that centre on character. In many European countries, by contrast, standards have been comphrensive, sometimes included hundreds of hours mandatory training. In England and wales , however, it was only in 2001 that seach legalintervention was finnaly introduce, and the system that has begun to unfold has caused much debate on its effectiveness. Significant sectors have been excluded, and comphrensive standards of governance. This paper will examine the emerging English system of legal control. It will compare some of its features with those of other European coutries and produced a league table from this. reference will to be introduced for security guards in England and wales falls bellow European norms and needs to be more demanding if the performance and accountability of the industry are to be enhanced and the industry is to play the the expanding role in policing that many increasingly expect.   tEuropean journal of criminology. - Vol.4,nº1 (jan.2007),p.109-128  aAPLICAÇÃO DA LEI  aSEGURANÇA PRIVADA  aREGULAMENTO  aPOLÍTICA DE COOPERAÇÃO  aPOLICIAMENTOyEUROPAyEUAyAUSTRÁLIA  aButton, Mark