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UNINA9910780409503321 |
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Autore |
Rigakos George |
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Titolo |
The new parapolice : risk markets and commodified social control / / George S. Rigakos |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002 |
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©2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-01459-5 |
9786612014598 |
1-4426-8187-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Police, Private |
Case studies. |
Electronic books. |
Toronto (Ont.) |
Ontario Toronto |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Theorizing the private police -- 2. Methods of inquiry -- 3. New parapolice -- 4. Inside a law enforcement company -- 5. Parapolice surveillance system -- 6. Solidarity, fear, and subculture. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Rigakos argues that for-profit policing and security companies adopt many of the tactics and functions of the public police, and are less distinguishable from the latter than has been previously assumed in the criminological literature. |
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