History and Growth'It is clear that the private security industry has seen substantial growth, especially when you compare the size of the industry in 1950 to that of 1995. In 1950, there were a dozen or companies involved in the provision of security services and products; there are now thousands, in what could be described as a multi-billion dollar industry (George and Button: 30).' Policing is now widely provided by institutions other than the state, especially by private companies on a commercial basis and by communities on a voluntary basis (Bayley and Shearing, 1996)'. According to South, Jones and Newburn, the private security industry in Britain has grown since the post-war years from a few specialist firms catering to the wealthy to a multi-billion dollar industry (South, 1988; Jones and Newburn 1998). . Johnston echoes that there has been a significant increase in private forms of policing over the years in South Africa and many countries, including Western democracies and other Eastern European, Latin American and African societies (Johnston, 1992)....