This article will reflect on the multiple ways in which private security can, and is, being held responsible and accountable to the public (and other security providers), in formalised, polycentric, or nodal assemblages. Drawing on empirical research conducted on plural policing partnerships, the article will show that private security is influenced by market forces, but that this is part of an interwoven, layered, formal-informal system of accountabilities – most of which are bottom-up and relational, rather than top-down and legislated. In fact, drawing on the work of John Braithwaite, we show that horizontal or circular forms of accountability (or accountabilities) play a large role in aligning the private sector to the public interest or common good within pluralised environments.

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私人保安在多中心组合中的责任

本文将反思私营保安可以并正在以正式、多中心或节点组合对公众（和其他安全提供者）负责和问责的多种方式。借鉴对多元警务伙伴关系进行的实证研究，本文将表明私人安全受市场力量的影响，但这是一个交织的、分层的、正式-非正式的问责制度的一部分——其中大部分是自下而上的和相关的，而不是自上而下和立法。事实上，借鉴 John Braithwaite 的工作，我们表明横向或循环形式的问责制（或问责制）在使私营部门与多元化环境中的公共利益或共同利益保持一致方面发挥着重要作用。