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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787489703321

Titolo

Re-imagining policing in Canada / / edited by Dennis Cooley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012

©2005

ISBN

1-4426-5805-3

1-4426-2733-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

363.2/0971

Soggetti

Police - Canada

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: Re-imagining Policing in Canada""; ""1 Policing in Canada in the Twenty-first Century: Directions for Law Reform""; ""2 Policing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside: A Case Study""; ""3 Policing Fantasy City""; ""4 Policing Communities and Communities of Policing: A Comparative Study of Policing and Security in Two Canadian Communities""; ""5 Beyond Public-Private: Towards a New Typology of Policing""; ""6 Policing for the Public Good: A Commentary""; ""Notes on Contributors""

Sommario/riassunto

Policing in Canada is in the process of change: similar to other nations in the western world, many of the policing services that were provided by public forces in the past are being gradually handed over to private security agencies.Complex networks of policing that reflect a mix of public and private security providers are emerging, and this transformation has serious implications for how Canadians interact with one another. For instance, if residents of a gated community or members of a downtown business association pay for their own policing services rather than relying on the public police, whose law is being enforced?With this collection, Dennis Cooley has brought together some of the top minds in criminology and policing to examine the phenomenon of the changing nature of policing in Canada. The



essays describe the character and constitution of security in Canada and explore the implications of these changes in terms of larger questions about power, social control, justice, and law. Wide-ranging and topical, Re-imagining Policing in Canada will prove essential reading for policy-makers and scholars alike.