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

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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.
Temas:
Crime prevention > United States > Citizen participation.
Corrections > Contracting out > United States.
Police > Contracting out > United States.
Privatization > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Criminalité > Prévention > États-Unis > Participation des citoyens.
Privatisation > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Corrections > Contracting out.
Crime prevention > Citizen participation.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Police > Contracting out.
Privatization.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 social experiment which, Bruce Benson argues, neither protects the innocent nor dispenses justice. In this comprehensive and timely book, Benson analyzes the accelerating trend toward privatization in the criminal justice system. In so doing, To Serve and Protect challenges and transcends both liberal and c.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (401 pages)
ISBN:9780814723050
0814723055

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