51 Gojko Pavlović 1 Internal Affairs College Banja Luka pavlovicgojko@gmail.com Review article UDC 351.759.4/.5(091) DOI 10.7251/SOCEN1305051P Accepted: 24.5.2013. Development of the idea of security “Security is the only one which necessarily embraces the future: subsistence, abundance, equality, may be regarded for a moment only; but security implies extension in point of time, with respect to all the benefts to which it is applied. Security is therefore the principal object.” Jeremy Bentham Abstract Historically, the concept of security has been understood, interpreted and de- fned in diferent ways. In addition, it is a notion that has been, unlike any other, mentioned and studied in all branches of science, natural and techni- cal, as well as social and humanistic ones. It is exactly due to the utilization of the concept of security in diferent areas of life, that it has been much more difcult to defne it uniformly. Furthermore, it is the fact that the changes occurring on the international scene since the end of the Cold War caused the changes in ideas related to the security in general, and all its concepts. With referral to the previous, this paper points out that traditional concepts of security are no longer able to explain and deal with the complex nature of contemporary security challenges, risks and threats. Tat is why nowadays, when considering the security issues, there are numerous perplexities, such as the question whom the security needs to be provided for, who is responsible for security, who are those who impose the security threats, and what are the procedures, means and methods to have, preserve and enhance the security. Te aim of this paper is to show how the concept of security has developed throughout the time and the diferent views and ideas of security occurring throughout the history. 1 PhD candidate, an assistant lecturer at Te Police and Security Department of the Internal Afairs College in Banja Luka