Private Security and Public Policing

by Trevor Jones and Tim Newburn

In this first major empirical study of its kind, Jones and Newburn examine the growth of private policing as well as its relationship with, and implications for, the public police service. Beginning with a critique of the sociology of policing, the authors next provide a detailed analysis of the ideas of "private" and "public" as used here, and highlight the boundaries between different forms of policing. Competing theoretical explanations for the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198265697
• ISBN13: 9780198265696
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"