Privatizing Criminal Justice

1. Auflage 1989
ISBN: 978-0-8039-8241-3
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 300 g

Reihe: SAGE Contemporary Criminology series

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 control of crime and the administration of justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matthews, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Privatization in Perspective - Roger Matthews
Private Prisons and the State - Robert P Weiss
Privatization and Penal Politics - Mick Ryan and Tony Ward
Reconstructing Policing - Nigel South
Differentiation and Contradiction in Post-War Private and Public Policing
Electronic Monitoring and House Arrest - Bonnie Berry and Roger Matthews
Making the Right Connections
The Voluntary Sector's Role in a Mixed Economy of Criminal Justice - R I Mawby
Juvenile Justice and the Voluntary Sector - Mike Nellis
Private Prisons and Penal Purpose - Max Taylor and Ken Pease

Über Autor(innen)

Matthews, Roger
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).