RT Article
T1 Privatization and coercion: The question of legitimacy
JF Theoretical criminology
VO 22
IS 4
SP 545
OP 562
A1 Fitzgibbon, Wendy
A1 Lea, John 1944-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1679483579
AB This article explores issues surrounding the legitimacy of private sector provision in criminal justice. It examines changes in ideas about legitimate coercion which have made private sector involvement possible. It then elaborates two models of the processes whereby private sector entities attempt to obtain and maintain the legitimacy of their activities in the eyes of the public.
K1 Coercion
K1 Criminal justice
K1 Legitimacy
K1 Policing
K1 Privatization
K1 Punishment
DO 10.1177/1362480617707952