Private Criminal Justice: How Private Parties Are Enforcing Criminal Law and Transforming Our Justice System

by Ric Simmons

The United States is in the midst of a significant re-evaluation of its criminal justice system, with increasing calls for reforming or defunding the police and efforts to curb mass incarceration. But focusing on the public criminal justice system paints an incomplete picture of how we address criminal activity. In Private Criminal Justice, Ric Simmons shows how significant amounts of criminal activity are detected by private police and how many disputes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009347179
• ISBN13: 9781009347174
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"