Privatising justice : the security industry, war and crime control /

Privatising Justice takes a broad historical view of the role of the private sector in the British state, from private policing and mercenaries in the eighteenth century to the modern rise of the private security industry in armed conflict, policing and the penal system. The development of the welfa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Fitzgibbon, Wendy (Author), Lea, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Private security services > Great Britain.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Great Britain.
Crime prevention > Great Britain.
Services privés de sécurité > Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Crime prevention.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Private security services.
Great Britain.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Old privatisation
  • The consolidation of state power and legitimacy
  • The re-emergence of private war
  • Private security and policing
  • The private sector in the penal system
  • Towards a private state?

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