The Privatization of Policing: Two Views

by Brian Forst, K. Manning, Peter K. Manning

Book Overview

The increasing reliance on private security services raises questions about the effects of privatization on the quality of public police forces, particularly in high-crime, low-income areas. In an effective pro-and-con format, two experts on policing offer two strikingly different perspectives on this trend towards privatization. In the process, they provide an unusually thoughtful discussion of the origins of both the public police and the private...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878407359
• ISBN13: 9780878407354
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher