Everyday security: Default to decency

Harvey Molotch

doi:10.1109/MSP.2013.142

Everyday security: Default to decency

Harvey Molotch

Urban Initiative

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Abstract

Sociological study of normal routine behavior informs us of the mechanisms through which safety and social order are maintained. From ethnographic studies of public sites such as the New York subway system, we learn how workers' routines fit or do not fit into official security-era policies coming from above. Suggestions are provided for concrete mechanisms likely to enhance security while providing collateral benefits of enhanced efficiency and pleasure to members of the public.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6682949
Pages (from-to)	84-87
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Security and Privacy
Volume	11
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2013.142
State	Published - 2013

Keywords

airports
disaster
ground zero
security
sociology
subways

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Law

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