Download or read book The Rebirth of Private Policing written by Les Johnston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: these are just two of the issues addressed by Les Johnston, who argues that policing, far from being the exclusive preserve of public personnel, is an activity undertaken by a mixture of public, private, and quasi-public agents. His book reviews the history of private policing, examines developments of current concern, and finally considers the implications of these developments both for the sociology of policing and for a more general understanding of public-private relations in the late 20th century.