Privatising Punishment in Europe?
Synopsis
In recent times the question of private sector involvement in public affairs has become framed in altogether new terms. Across Europe, there has been a growth in various forms of public-private cooperation in building and maintaining (new) penal institutions and an increasing presence of private companies offering security services within penal institutions as well as delivering security goods such as electronic monitoring and other equipment to penal authorities. Such developments are part of a wider trend towards privatising and marketising security.Bringing together key scholars in criminology and penology from across Europe and beyond, this book maps and describes trends of privatising punishment throughout Europe, paying attention both to prisons and community sanctions. In doing so, it initiates a continent-wide dialogue among academics and key public and private actors on the future of privatisation in Europe. Debates on the privatisation of punishment in Europe are still underdeveloped and this book plays a pioneering and agenda-setting role in developing this dialogue.
Book details
- Series:
- Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
- Author:
- Tom Daems, Tom Vander Beken
- ISBN:
- 9781351979924
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781138284173, 9781315269726, 9780367365240
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Pages:
- 192
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2023-12-13
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Copyright by:
- selection and editorial matter, Tom Daems and Tom Vander Beken
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies