The Legal Liability of a Private Security Guard Company for the Criminal Acts of Third Parties: An Overview

Jonathan D. Schiller and Gary K. Harris

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1988, vol. 498, issue 1, 91-97

Abstract: The circumstances in which a private security guard company will be held monetarily liable to victims of criminal acts by third parties are examined. The standard of care imposed upon private security companies by general legal principles throughout the United States is identified as well as those classes of persons to whom such a duty is owed. Several common-law principles that mitigate the imposition of any liability imposed upon private security firms are also noted.

Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716288498001010

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