Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States
- The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The View From the Streets
- Part II Do We Need Public Police?
- 3 Why We Need Police
- 4 Police Abolitionist Discourse? Why It Has Been Missing (and Why It Matters)
- 5 The Police as Civic Neighbors
- 6 Pretext and Justification: Republicanism, Policing, and Race
- 7 The Paradox of Private Policing
- Part III The Law of Policing
- Part IV Police Force and Police Violence
- Part V Discrimination
- Part VI Technology
- Part VII Reform
- Index
- References
7 - The Paradox of Private Policing
from Part II - Do We Need Public Police?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2019
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States
- The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The View From the Streets
- Part II Do We Need Public Police?
- 3 Why We Need Police
- 4 Police Abolitionist Discourse? Why It Has Been Missing (and Why It Matters)
- 5 The Police as Civic Neighbors
- 6 Pretext and Justification: Republicanism, Policing, and Race
- 7 The Paradox of Private Policing
- Part III The Law of Policing
- Part IV Police Force and Police Violence
- Part V Discrimination
- Part VI Technology
- Part VII Reform
- Index
- References
Summary
Hardly anything is known about the private police,1 yet they are by far the largest provider of policing services in the United States, at least triple the size of the public police. More importantly, the functions, responsibilities, and appearance of the private and public police are increasingly difficult to tell apart.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States , pp. 143 - 160Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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