CRIM 3654 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wolff Olins, Mixed Economy, Forensic Science
6 Nov 2013
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Plural policing - we should think of policing not in terms of a public-private dichotomy, but rather a public private continuum. The public-private divide is no longer accurate when discussing different policing functions. Instead, we are witnessing the emergence of networks of policing. There is an increasing blurring of the public-private divide in contemporary society. The growth of private security and the pressures the public police have faced in providing more cost-effective services are part of the overall context within which networks of policing have emerged. There are, however, additional factors that have shaped the current context: the emergence of mass private property (shopping malls), communal spaces (apartment buildings, recreation clubs) and changes in governance relationships, including the increasing commodification (marketization) of policing. Mass private property - from about the 1960s onwards, a new form of property mass private property began to emerge, particularly in urban areas.
