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dc.contributor.authorSarre, R
dc.contributor.authorPrenzler, T
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-03T03:49:12Z
dc.date.available2019-07-03T03:49:12Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.issn1460-3780
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/palgrave.cpcs.8140022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/120232
dc.description.abstractWhile the reasons for, and the history of, shifts to more diversified and privatised policing in Anglo-Western societies have been widely examined, the formal and informal mechanisms of accountability and regulation of private sector policing have rarely been explored in any systematic way. Often, sweeping statements are made asserting that accountability for private security operations is either non-existent or, at the very least, inferior to that attaching to public policing. The industry, it is often asserted, remains unregulated by the government and is hence largely unaccountable. To the contrary, in some security industry circles it is often asserted that the sector is adequately accountable and thus needs little further regulation. The true picture is thus somewhat confused. This confusion may be seen as a result of the failure of the literature to explore the accountability issue directly. This essay attempts to address that need, suggesting reasons why accountability questions are rarely answered satisfactorily. In addition, drawing mainly on Australian studies, the essay examines theoretically the relative merits and demerits of the regulatory models often cited in support of arguments in favour of increased privatisation of security operations and practitioners.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPerpetuity Press
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom17
dc.relation.ispartofpageto28
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCrime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume1
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titleThe Regulation of Private Policing: Reviewing Mechanisms of Accountability
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPrenzler, Timothy J.


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