Privatization and coercion: The question of legitimacy

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...

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Authors: Fitzgibbon, Wendy (Author) ; Lea, John 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Theoretical criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 545-562
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
Coercion
Criminal justice
Legitimacy
Policing
Privatization
Punishment