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To Serve and Protect : Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice.

In contrast to government's predominant role in criminal justice today, for many centuries crime control was almost entirely private and community-based. Government police forces, prosecutors, courts, and prisons are all recent historical developments-results of a political and bureaucratic soc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Benson, Bruce L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1998.
Colección:Political economy of the Austrian school.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • To Serve and Protect; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Part I: Private Inputs for Public Crime Control; Chapter 2: Partial Privatization; Chapter 3: Potential Benefits and Pitfalls of Contracting Out for Criminal Justice; Chapter 4: Private Inputs into "Public" Arrest and Prosecution; Part II: Private Crime Control; Chapter 5: The Level and Scope of Private Production of Crime Prevention and Protection; Chapter 6: Private Justice in America; Chapter 7: The Benefits of Privatization.
  • Chapter 8: Alleged Market Failures in a Privatized System of Criminal JusticePart III: Policy Analysis and Recommendations; Chapter 9: Why Is the Public Sector So Involved with Criminal Law Today?; Chapter 10: Restitution in a Rights-Based Approach to Crime Policy; Chapter 11: Encouraging Effective Privatization in Criminal Justice, Part I; Chapter 12: Encouraging Effective Privatization in Criminal Justice, Part II; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.