Privatising Criminal Justice: History, Neoliberal Penality and the Commodification of Crime

by Sue Hobbs and Christopher Hamerton

Book Overview

Privatising Criminal Justice explores the social, cultural and political context of privatisation in the criminal justice sector. In recent years, the criminal justice sector has made various strategic partnerships with the private sector, exemplified by initiatives within the police, the prison system and offender services. This has seen unprecedented growth in the past 30 years and a veritable explosion under the tenure of the coalition government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138891177
• ISBN13: 9781138891173
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"