Dans Librairie Droz
par Miller, Wilbur R.
Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
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A State within ‘The States’ : Private Policing and Delegation of Power in America
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Date
- 2013-12-11T01:00:00Z
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Notes
- Where there is a state, there is policing. Law enforcement and order maintenance, though, vary according to the nature of the state itself. In addition to patterns of local control, systemic corruption and violent ‘street corner justice’, American policing includes a long tradition of the coexistence of private policing with the forces of the state. Private policing, broadly defined as control of crime and disorder by individuals, organized groups, or profit-making companies, is usually take...
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