The New Parapolice: Risk Markets and Commodified Social Control - Softcover

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George S. Rigakos is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Saint Mary's University in Halifax.

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'A pioneering observational study of private police and an original theoretical analysis of the profound transformations of policing in contemporary societies'

'This book breaks new ground in our struggle to understand how social control has become an increasingly sought after commodity in contemporary societies. Offering a sophisticated account of the political, economic and cultural forces at work in creating the "parapolice," Rigakos helps to deconstruct how threats, markets and organizational dynamics have reshaped the way we understand and respond to crime. Rigakos's analysis should prove especially valuable in mapping the new directions that social control will take in response to emerging threats, both real and imagined.'

'The research which George Rigakos reports in this study is both significant and timely. It is the most substantial ethnographic study of a contract private security company yet undertaken, which both updates and expands our understanding of the role and significance of such private policing providers, and their implications for the rapidly evolving character of urban policing in North America. His analysis and conclusions about these "new parapolice" are both interesting and important, and should be required reading for anyone with responsibility for, or simply an interest in, policing policy.'

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'A pioneering observational study of private police and an original theoretical analysis of the profound transformations of policing in contemporary societies'

'This book breaks new ground in our struggle to understand how social control has become an increasingly sought after commodity in contemporary societies. Offering a sophisticated account of the political, economic and cultural forces at work in creating the "parapolice," Rigakos helps to deconstruct how threats, markets and organizational dynamics have reshaped the way we understand and respond to crime. Rigakos's analysis should prove especially valuable in mapping the new directions that social control will take in response to emerging threats, both real and imagined.'

'The research which George Rigakos reports in this study is both significant and timely. It is the most substantial ethnographic study of a contract private security company yet undertaken, which both updates and expands our understanding of the role and significance of such private policing providers, and their implications for the rapidly evolving character of urban policing in North America. His analysis and conclusions about these "new parapolice" are both interesting and important, and should be required reading for anyone with responsibility for, or simply an interest in, policing policy.'