Masters of what? 8 “Security” Master’s degrees compared. A guide to core professional education content and variations for employers, practitioners and lay people alike. By no means a definitive or comprehensive comparison but detailed enough to adequately demonstrate fields of study, elective elements and related application. Note: Distinction between public and private/corporate security is well documented and evident but specific distinction in this instance has not been included due to significant international variance and inconsistent context.

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"One security director of a well-known
company who had previously held a senior
position in the military" observed "he was
perhaps a strange choice for his post because
he had been appointed to protect his
organisation against crime yet in his whole
military career had never been responsible for
crime management"
Similarly, a security director who formerly
held a very senior post in the police noted
that he had been appointed to protect the
business when in his police career he had
never dealt with businesses"
Gill, M. (2104) 'Exploring some contradictions of modern-day
security', in Gill, M. (ed) The Security Handbook, 2nd edn,
Palgrave McMillan, p.987

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"The supposed obvious fit
between a police or
military background and
a security management
role may be overstated"
McGee, A. (2006). Corporate security's professional project: An
examination of the modern condition of corporate security
management, and the potential for further professionalism of the
occupation, Msc Dissertation, University of Cranfield.
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The best estimates
indicate that more than
100,000 MBAs and other
graduate management
degrees are awarded in
India each year
Kiechel III, W. (2012) ‘The Management Century’, Harvard Business
Review, 90(11), pp. 62–75. Available at:
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"Bounded rationality is a
more limited
understanding of “the
social, physical, and
situational context in
which criminal decisions
are made as well as the
offenders’ perceptions of
the world around them”
'Deterrence and Rational Choice Theories of Crime' (2013) , in
Brown, S.E., Esbensen, F. and Geis, G. (eds.) Criminology:
explaining crime and its context. 8th edn. Waltham, MA:
Anderson, pp. 153-215.
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"while both deterrent and
backlash effects occurred
in response to crackdowns
on IRA terrorists in
Northern Ireland, the
backlash effect was the
larger."
'Deterrence and Rational Choice Theories of Crime' (2013) , in
Brown, S.E., Esbensen, F. and Geis, G. (eds.) Criminology:
explaining crime and its context. 8th edn. Waltham, MA:
Anderson, pp. 153-215.
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"variations in police
patrol techniques had
little effect on crime
patterns"
Hopkins-Burke, R. (2014) Contemporary rational actor
theories', in Burke, R.H. (ed.) An introduction to criminological
theory. 4th edn. Cullompton: Willan, pp. 60-77.
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Ulpian's Tables - the
concept of annuities: an
authoritative set of tables
of life
expectancy developed
around 225 AD by leading
Roman jurist - were the
last word for over 1,400
years!
Bernstein, P. (1996) Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story
of Risk, Canada: Wiley, p.87.
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“In wicked (complex/dynamic)
domains, the rules of the game
are often unclear or incomplete,
there may or may not be
repetitive patters and they may
not be obvious, and feedback is
often delayed, inaccurate, or
both”
Epstein, D. (2019) Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a
Specialized World, MacMillan
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"I suppose it is tempting, if
the only tool you have is a
hammer, to treat
everything as if it were a
nail."
Abraham H. Maslow
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The Law of the Instrument