Jean-Paul Brodeur’s The Policing Web offers a refreshing and wide-ranging analysis of the concept of 'policing'. This study book focuses on the various forms and development of police work, both within and outside regular police organizations.
Contents
In The Policing Web, Jean-Paul Brodeur examines the diverse actors within the policing web, from public police to private security companies and military policing services. Unconventional forms such as criminal organizations and police informants are also discussed. The book emphasizes that these diverse forms are connected by the right to use means that would otherwise be considered punishable. The paradoxes and challenges of this concept are thoroughly discussed. Different policing webs exist side by side, depending on the country, history, and culture, which underscores the international character of policing work.
Product specifications
- Author: Jean-Paul Brodeur (Professor of Criminology, University of Montreal)
- Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication date: 2010-10-14
- Number of pages: 416
- ISBN: 9780199740598
- Theme: Police and security services
- BISAC: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services
About the author
Jean-Paul Brodeur is Professor of Criminology and Director of the International Centre for Comparative Criminology at the University of Montreal.