PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANIES IMPACT ON IRAQ

COURSE BA (Hons) Security and Risk Management INTAKE March 2011 MODULE NUMBER Two DATE OF SUBMISSION 10 August 2011 WORD COUNT 3505 DISSERTATION PROPOSAL FOR PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANIES IMPACT ON IRAQ. Table of Contents TOC o 1-3 h z u I. The Research Problem PAGEREF _Toc173594039 h 3 A. Purpose of the study PAGEREF _Toc173594040 h 3 B. General background PAGEREF _Toc173594041 h 3 C. Guiding questions. PAGEREF _Toc173594042 h 4 D. Delimitations and limitations PAGEREF _Toc173594043 h 5 E. Significance of the study. PAGEREF _Toc173594044 h 6 II. Theoretical Perspectives PAGEREF _Toc173594045 h 7 A. Background to the subject. PAGEREF _Toc173594046 h 7 B. Review of related literature. PAGEREF _Toc173594047 h 7 C. Summary of data reviewed 10 III. Research Methodology PAGEREF _Toc173594048 h 11 A. Methodology. PAGEREF _Toc173594049 h 11 B. Analyzing data. PAGEREF _Toc173594050 h 12 IV. Anticipated Problems. PAGEREF _Toc173594051 h 14 A. Conceivable problems. PAGEREF _Toc173594052 h 14 B. Ethical concerns. PAGEREF _Toc173594053 h 14 References. PAGEREF _Toc173594054 h 16 I. The Research Problem A. Purpose of the study This paper has several purposes. The first is to look at the impact of private security companies in Iraq in an attempt to evaluate whether they have benefitted Iraq in anyway. Furthermore, the research will investigate some controversies that have surrounded these companies operating in Iraq. It will also examine some of the problems that private security companies have caused and encountered whilst working in Iraq. Prior to conducting this study, it was anticipated that the majority of reports concerning security companies working in Iraq would be found to be of a negative nature. Over the years, there have been many reports in the international press of the negative impact of security companies whilst employed in Iraq. The majority of theses articles published in the press have depicted western security companies in a negative