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Taylor & Francis Ltd Private Security And The Modern State : Historical And Comparative Perspectives by Edited by David Churchill , Edited by Dolores Janiewski , Edited by Pieter Leloup
Based on extensive research in several international contexts, this volume provides a nuanced assessment of the historical evolution of private security and its fluid, contested and mutually constitutive relationship with state agencies, public policing and the criminal justice system. _x000D_
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This book provides an overview of the history of private security provision in its multiple forms including detective agencies, insurance companies, moral campaigners, employers' associations, paramilitary organizations, self-protection and vigilantism. It also explores the historical evolution of private policing and security provision in a diverse set of temporal, nationa.show more