Re-imagining Policing in Canada - 9780802085030

Re-imagining Policing in CanadaAuthor(s): Dennis Cooley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802085030, 978-0802085030\nSynopsis\nPolicing 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.\n\nComplex 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?\n\nWith this collection, Dennis Cooley has brought together some of the top minds in criminology and policing to examine the phenomenon of the changin.