Re-imagining Policing in Canada / / ed. by Dennis Cooley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Clarke, Curtis,; Cooly, Dennis,; Eng, Susan,; Ericson, Richard V.,; Haggerty, Kevin D.,; Hermer, Joe,; Huey, Laura. J.,; Kempa, Michael,; Mopas, Michael,; Murphy, Christopher,; Rigakos, George S.,; Shearing, Clifford,; Stenning, Philip,; Wood, Jennifer,
• HerausgeberIn: Cooley, Dennis,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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