ABSTRACT
As we have seen, the dominant historical conception of security has been that of national security. Security, in crude terms, meant the defence of national borders by military, intelligence or security services, immigration and customs authorities. More recently it has been extended down to encompass the security of communities and even individuals; up to incorporate international peacekeeping, supranational policing and security systems, international alliances, and organizations; and horizontally to encompass political, economic, social, and environmental terrains. As Rothschild has observed, security is
This complexity is reduced only a little by our focus on the mapping of security as it pertains to crime, not least because patterns of distribution of security in respect of crime are themselves changing rapidly.
