| The Rebirth of Private Policing Contributor(s): Johnston, Les (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415051932 ISBN-13: 9780415051934 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $74.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1992 Annotation: Until recently, private police work has been ignored by criminologists primarily concerned with the activity of the public police force. Johnston provides an original view of police history focusing on the emergence of the private police sector as the embodiment of the growing privatization of authority in society. The book's analysis of current developments in private policing compel the reader to re-assess the conventional distinction between "public" and "private" authority so often taken for granted in social and political theory. "The" "Rebirth of Private Policing" introduces a provocative analysis of the role of policing of interest to anyone concerned with the question of social control and the state. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 363.289 |
| LCCN: 91-13442 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.76 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: these are just two of the issues addressed by Les Johnston, who argues that policing, far from being the exclusive preserve of public personnel, is an activity undertaken by a mixture of public, private, and quasi-public agents. His book reviews the history of private policing, examines developments of current concern, and finally considers the implications of these developments both for the sociology of policing and for a more general understanding of public-private relations in the late 20th century. |
