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The new parapolice : risk markets and commodified social control / George S. Rigakos.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rigakos, George, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intelligarde International.
- Police, Private--Case studies.
- Police, Private.
- Ontario--Toronto.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Rigakos argues that for-profit policing and security companies adopt many of the tactics and functions of the public police, and are less distinguishable from the latter than has been previously assumed in the criminological literature.
- Contents:
- 1. Theorizing the private police
- 2. Methods of inquiry
- 3. New parapolice
- 4. Inside a law enforcement company
- 5. Parapolice surveillance system
- 6. Solidarity, fear, and subculture.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-01459-5
- 9786612014598
- 1-4426-8187-X
- OCLC:
- 244767720
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