About this title: In this first major empirical study of its kind, the authors examine the growth of 'private' policing and its relationship with, and implications for, the public police service. Beginning with a critique of the sociology of policing, the authors then provide a detailed analysis of the concepts of public and private, and examine the boundaries between different forms of policing. Using data from the first ever survey of the private security sector in Britain, the authors provide estimates of the numbers of employees and firms in the industry; the range of services and products offered; and the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 6/4/1998
ISBN-13:9780198265696ISBN:0198265697
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780198265696ISBN:0198265697
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780198265696ISBN:0198265697
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 216x138 mm. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (302) this book contains the first major survey of the private security industry in britain. the authors scrutinize the operation of private security and its relationsh1p with the police force-providing a detailed analysis of the concepts of `public' and `private', using examples drawn from both local and national studies. they then go on to examine the startling growth of private security, and ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780198265696ISBN:0198265697
Description: 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 a... read more
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