To Serve and Protect
Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice
In contrast to government's predominant role in criminal justice today, for many centuries crime control was almost entirely private and community-based. Government police forces, prosecutors, courts, and prisons are all recent historical developments-results of a political and bureaucratic social experiment which, Bruce Benson argues, neither protects the innocent nor dispenses justice.In this comprehensive and timely book, Benson analyzes the accelerating trend toward privatization in the criminal justice system. In so doing, To Serve and Protect challenges and transcends both liberal and conservative policies that have supported government…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8147-2305-0
- EAN: 9780814723050
- Produktnummer: 22569969
- Verlag: NYU Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'170 KB
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