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Accounting for Bouncers:

Occupational Licensing as a Mechanism for Regulation

STUART LISTER

Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds, UK

PHILIP HADFIELD

Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds, UK

DICK HOBBS

Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds, UK

SIMON WINLOW

Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds, UK

This paper examines the scope, structure and impact of the occupational licensing systems designed to increase the legal accountability of licensed premise security personnel — better known as `bouncers'. Much vilified for a perceived association with high levels of violence, this form of private security now dominates the systems of social control that function across the UK's burgeoning night-time economy. The assured regulation of the trade is an issue of crime prevention within the sphere of public safety. This paper considers the impact of occupational licensing, discusses its lack of coverage and haphazard implementation, and draws out some policy lessons for the soon-to-be-established Security Industry Authority. We conclude by warning that the `bouncer problem' is merely a symptom of the wider disorder related to the rapid expansion of an alcohol-fuelled night-time economy.

Key Words: accountability • bouncers • occupational licensing • regulation

Criminology and Criminal Justice, Vol. 1, No. 4, 363-384 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/1466802501001004001
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