Privatising criminal justice: history, neoliberal penality and the commodification of crime
Privatising criminal justice: history, neoliberal penality and the commodification of crime
Explores the social, cultural, and political context of privatisation in the criminal justice sector. In recent years, the criminal justice sector has made various strategic partnerships with the private sector, exemplified by initiatives within the police, the prison system, and offender services. This has seen unprecedented growth in the past thirty years, and a veritable explosion under the tenure of the Coalition government in the United Kingdom.
This book highlights key areas of domestic and global concern and illustrates, with detail, case studies of important developments. It connects the study of criminology and criminal justice to the wider study of public policy, government institutions, and political decision making. In doing so, Privatising Criminal Justice provides a theoretical and practical framework for evaluating collaborative public and private sector response to social problems at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Criminal Justice, Privatisation, History, Neoliberalism, Criminology, Crime Policy, Criminal Law, Penology, Social Control, Policing, Offender Services, Probation, Political Economy, Social Policy
Hamerton, Christopher
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Hobbs, Suzanne
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26 July 2022
Hamerton, Christopher
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Hobbs, Suzanne
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Hamerton, Christopher and Hobbs, Suzanne
(2022)
Privatising criminal justice: history, neoliberal penality and the commodification of crime
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1 ed.
Oxford.
Routledge, 328pp.
Abstract
Explores the social, cultural, and political context of privatisation in the criminal justice sector. In recent years, the criminal justice sector has made various strategic partnerships with the private sector, exemplified by initiatives within the police, the prison system, and offender services. This has seen unprecedented growth in the past thirty years, and a veritable explosion under the tenure of the Coalition government in the United Kingdom.
This book highlights key areas of domestic and global concern and illustrates, with detail, case studies of important developments. It connects the study of criminology and criminal justice to the wider study of public policy, government institutions, and political decision making. In doing so, Privatising Criminal Justice provides a theoretical and practical framework for evaluating collaborative public and private sector response to social problems at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
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Published date: 26 July 2022
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Criminal Justice, Privatisation, History, Neoliberalism, Criminology, Crime Policy, Criminal Law, Penology, Social Control, Policing, Offender Services, Probation, Political Economy, Social Policy
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