Retail Security and Shrinkage Protection [Hardcover]

Philip Purpura CPP Florence Darlington Technical College (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 1993 | ISBN-10: 075069274X | ISBN-13: 978-0750692748 | Edition: 1

This book helps the reader to critically evaluate a security operation using modern research techniques. It focuses on all retail business security issues, emphasizing vulnerabilities, losses, and practical countermeasures to combat such crimes as internal theft and shoplifting.

Coverage includes such key topics as: the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act; proper testing procedures under Employee Polygraph Protection Act; Ernst and Young's Survey of Retail Loss Prevention Trends; and the National Retail Security Survey conducted by Security Magazine.

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About the Author

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. Mr. Purpura is the author of several other textbooks and numerous articles published in newsletters, magazines, and journals.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1 edition (April 30, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075069274X
• ISBN-13: 978-0750692748
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,007,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Philip P. Purpura, Certified Protection Professional, is Director of the Security and Justice Institute and Coordinator of the Security for Houses of Worship Project in South Carolina. He has taught security and criminal justice courses for over thirty years. He serves on the ASIS International, Council on Academic Programs. Purpura has practical experience as an expert witness, consultant, security manager, investigator, and police officer. He is the author of eight books: Security: An Introduction (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2011); Security & Loss Prevention: An Introduction, 5th ed. (Boston, MA: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Pub., 2008); Security Handbook, 2nd ed. (Boston, MA: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Pub., 2003), translated into Spanish and Chinese; (Albany, NY: Delmar Pub., 1991); Terrorism & Homeland Security: An Introduction with Applications (Boston, MA: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Pub., 2007); Police & Community: Concepts & Cases (Needham, MA: Allyn & Bacon, Pub., 2001); Criminal Justice: An Introduction (Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann Pub., 1997); Retail Security & Shrinkage Protection (Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann Pub., 1993); and Modern Security & Loss Prevention Management (Boston, MA: Butterworth Pub., 1989). Purpura was contributing editor to three security periodicals, wrote numerous articles published in journals, magazines and newsletters, and he has been involved in a variety of editorial projects for publishers. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in criminal justice from the University of Dayton and Eastern Kentucky University, respectively. He also studied in Europe, Asia, and the former Soviet Union.