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Burglary prevention: electronic security as a measure of preference? -- Perceptions on responsibility for security and prevention -- Concerns for privacy breaches -- Application restrictions of a new technology concerning the prevention of burglary -- Discussion -- Recommendations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: When it rains in Paris, it drizzles in Brussels? -- The Paris attacks as a context for change in attitudes towards SOSTs? -- Research questions -- Question 1: have the attacks in Paris changed students' opinions on trust in authorities, risk-perception, fear of crime, the attitudes on the 'privacy-control trade-off' and the use of SOSTs? -- Question 2: is the change in opinions dependent on anxiety as a personality-variable? -- Study design and sample characteristics -- Sample -- Questionnaire and measurements -- Results -- Sample profile -- Changes in attitudes -- Post-hoc analyses -- Conclusion and discussion -- Appendix -- Radio frequency identification -- DNA-database -- Smart CCTV -- Behavioural profiling -- Trust in public authorities -- Privacy-control trade-off -- Risk perception -- Fear of crime -- Fear of terrorism -- Technology optimism -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Public and private decision-making -- Chapter 5: Securitization by regulation? The Flemish mayor as democratic anchor of local security policies -- Introduction -- The local governance of security in Belgium -- Understanding the experience of having to provide security -- The prohibition to party as an innovative security practice -- Securitization by regulation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Raising the flag: The state effects of public and private security providers at East Jerusalem's national parks -- Introduction -- Crafting the state -- Methodology -- Jerusalem, a divided city -- Private security and the Valley of Sweet Water