UK regulation
Button, M. (2011) The Private Security Industry Act 2001 and the Security Management Gap in the United Kingdom. Security Journal, 24, pp 118-132.
Button, M. and George, B. (2001) Government Regulation in the United Kingdom Private Security Industry: The Myth of Non-Regulation. Security Journal, 14, pp 55-66.
George, B. and Button, M. (1998) ‘Too Little Too Late’ A Critique of Recent Policy Proposals for the Private Security Industry in the United Kingdom. Security Journal, 10, pp 1-7.
George, B. and Button, M. (1996) The Case for Regulation. International Journal of Risk, Security and Crime Prevention, 1, pp 53-57.
Button, M. (2007) Developments in Security. Security Journal, 20, pp 51-54.
Wakefield, A. and Button, M. (2013) New Perspectives on Police Education and Training: Lessons from the Private Security Sector. In, Stanislas, P. (ed) International Perspectives on Police Education and Training. Abingdon: Routledge.
Button, M. (2003) Private Security Industry Law in Europe: The Case of Great Britain. In, Outer, S. and Stober, R. (eds) Recht des Sicherheitsgewerbes. Koln: Heymanns.
Regulation of private security in the European Union
Button, M. and Stiernstedt, P. (2018) Comparing Private Security Regulation in the European Union. Policing and Society, 28: 398-414.
Button, M. and Stiernstedt, P. (2017) The evolution of security industry regulation in the European Union, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. 41, 4 pp 245-257.
Button, M. (2007) Assessing the regulation of private security across Europe. European Journal of Criminology, 4, 109-128.
Private investigators and regulation
Kapend, R., Button, M., and Stiernstedt, P. (2024). Private investigations and ethical orientations: a cause for concern?. Journal of Financial Crime.
Button, M. (1998) ‘Beyond the Public Gaze’ The Exclusion of Private Investigators from the British Debate Over Regulating Private Security. International Journal of the Sociology of Law, 26, pp 1-16.
UNODC initiative on regulation
UNODC (2014) State Regulation concerning Civilian Private Security Services and their Contribution to Crime Prevention and Community Safety. Vienna: UNODC.
Palmer, R. and Button, M. (2011) Civilian private security services: their role, oversight and contribution to crime prevention and community safety. Expert Group on Civilian Private Security Services, Oct 12-14. Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Models of regulation
Stiernstedt, P., Button, M., Prenzler, T. and Sarre, R. (2021) The ‘three-pillars model of regulation’: a fusion of governance models for private security. Security Journal, 34(2), 247-260.
George, B. and Button, M (1997) Regulating Private Security - Lessons from Abroad for the United Kingdom. International Journal of Risk, Security and Crime Prevention, 2, pp 109-121.
Button, M. (2012) Optimising Security through Effective Regulation: Lessons from Around the Globe. In, Prenzler, T. (ed) Policing and Security in Practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Button, M. and George, B. (2006) Regulation of Security: New Models for Analysis. In, Gill, M. (ed) Handbook of Security. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Regulation in South Korea
Button, M., Park, H. and Lee, J. (2006) The Private Security Industry in South Korea: A familiar tale of growth, gaps and the need for better regulation. Security Journal, 19, pp 167-179.