Private Security and the Modern State - Historical and Comparative Perspectives (Paperback)

Based on extensive research in several international contexts, this volume provides a nuanced assessment of the historical evolution of private security and its fluid, contested and mutually constitutive relationship with state agencies, public policing and the criminal justice system. This book provides an overview of the history of private security provision in its multiple forms including detective agencies, insurance companies, moral campaigners, employers' associations, paramilitary organizations, self-protection and vigilantism. It also explores the historical evolution of private policing and security provision in a diverse set of temporal, national and international contexts and compares the interactions between public and private security bodies, structures, strategies and practices in different countries, cultures and settings. In doing so, the volume fills the existing gaps in historical knowledge about the emergence of private and public security organizations and provides a more robust understanding of changes in the division of responsibility for security provision, law enforcement and punishment between public and private institutions. This wide-ranging volume will be of great interest to scholars and students of history, criminology, sociology, political science, international relations, security studies, surveillance studies, policing, criminal justice and law.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge SOLON Explorations in Crime and Criminal Justice Histories
Release date:	December 2021
First published:	2020
Editors:	David Churchill • Dolores Janiewski • Pieter Leloup
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	284
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-217306-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Diplomacy Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	1-03-217306-8
Barcode:	9781032173061

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