Ian Loader

The morality of security: A theory of just securitisation

R Floyd, I Loader, J Wolfendale, F De Londras, P Roe, R Floyd

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  European Journal of International Security

The purpose of this introduction is to concisely present The Morality of Security: A Theory of Just Securitization so that those u..

A Question of Sacrifice: The Deep Structure of Deaths in Police Custody

I Loader

Journal article  |  2020  |  Social and Legal Studies

Deaths in police custody present a set of enduring and troubling puzzles. Why do such deaths seldom result in prosecutions or adeq..

Crime, order and the two faces of conservatism: An encounter with criminology's other

I Loader

Journal article  |  2020  |  British Journal of Criminology

Over the past half century, conservatism has been a powerful force in shaping public and political responses to crime in Britain. ..

Democratic experimentalism and the futures of crime control: Resources of hope for demotic times

I Loader, R Sparks

Book Chapter  |  2019

Private security as moral drama: a tale of two scandals

C Hansen Löfstrand, B Loftus, I Loader

Journal article  |  2018  |  Policing and Society

This article explores the phenomenon of scandals as they unfold in the private security industry. We begin by outlining our theore..

Valour for Money? Contested Commodification in the Market for Security

I Loader, A White

Journal article  |  2018  |  British Journal of Criminology

Scholars of security governance generally assume that the labour of private security officers can straightforwardly be transformed..

How can we better align private security with the public interest? Towards a civilizing model of regulation

I Loader, A White

Journal article  |  2017  |  Regulation and Governance

How can we better align private security with the public interest? This question has met with two answers in the literature on pri..

The cultural lives of security and rights

I Loader

Book Chapter  |  2017

Consumer Culture and the Commodification of Policing and Security

I Loader

Book Chapter  |  2017

Policing, securitization and democratization in Europe

I Loader

Book Chapter  |  2017

We have witnessed over recent decades the extension across Europe of an enhanced policing capacity—one comprising a complex, ever-..