Roger (Hrsg.) Matthews

Privatizing Criminal Justice

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Without abdicating their ultimate responsibility for law enforcement and criminal justice, Western governments are increasingly seeking to delegate aspects of this task to the private and voluntary sectors. The contributors assess both the actual and potential impact of privatization in this highly controversial area, and examine the experience of private prisons, especially in North America, the activities of private security firms and current developments in electronic monitoring techniques. Privatizing Criminal Justice explores the changing relations between the state and the market and evaluates whether privatization can improve the contr… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-8039-8241-3
EAN: 9780803982413
Produktnummer: 7095462
Verlag: Sage Publications UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1989
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.2 cm 285 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 285

Über den Autor

Roger Matthews is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and a member of the Centre for Criminology at Middlesex Polytechnic. He is co-editor (with Jock Young) of Confronting Crime (SAGE 1986) and editor of Informal Justice (SAGE 1988).