Frontiers and Criminal Justice: English Private Prosecution Societies and American Vigilantism in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Little, Craig B.; Sheffield, Christopher P.

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“…Before the rise of the modern state, many activities which today are widely regarded as core government functions were undertaken in whole or in part by private interests. 1 As Burchell 1 Defence (Howard, 1976); Tax collection (Jones, 1974: 153-4); Law Enforcement (Johnston, 1992); Criminal Prosecution (Little and Sheffield, 1983); Imprisonment (Rusche and Kirchheimer, 1939); Overseas exploration and colonization (Marshall, 1976). Conceptions of what precisely is an inherently governmental function are changing Kettl (1993Kettl ( , 1994 observes that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency engaged a private consultant to develop just such a definition.…”

Section: Re-thinking Our Approach To Property Crime Controlmentioning

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Strategic approaches to property crime control

Weatherburn

Grabosky

1999

Policing and Society

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Despite the growth of interest in situational crime prevention, most approaches to property crime control, particularly in Australia, still place a heavy emphasis on the need for tougher sanctions and additional police. This article maintains that such approaches are neither effective nor efficient. It advocates a greater commitment by police to the strategic analysis of property crime, and the mobilisation of public/private partnerships to address those specific dimensions of the problem which are amenable to policy intervention. Police are encouraged to adopt a systematic approach to the task at hand. This will entail (1) identification of those specific components of the problem which are amenable to intervention, and (2) the development of partnerships with other governmental, non-governmental and private institutions to address each specified components.

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Section: Re-thinking Our Approach To Property Crime Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic approaches to property crime control

Weatherburn

Grabosky

1999

Policing and Society

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“…Before the rise of the modern state, many activities which today are widely regarded as core government functions were undertaken in whole or in part by private interests. These included defense (Howard 1976), tax collection (Jones 1974,153-4), law enforcement (Johnston 1992), criminal prosecution (Little and Sheffield 1983), imprisonment (Rusche and Kirchheimer 1939), and overseas exploration and colonization (Marshall 1976). More recently, the British technique of colonial governance by "indirect rule," most notable in West Africa, entailed the implementation of policy through indigenous structures.…”

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Using Non‐Governmental Resources to Foster Regulatory Compliance

1995

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This article explores means by which non-governmental institutions andresources, both commercial and volunta y, may be enlisted in the interest of regulatory compliance. Following a discussion of non-governmental social control, it reviews the basic institutional forms of indirect governance through which third-party "co-production" of compliance might occur. It then discusses the basic issues which arise when certain public functions are delegated to or devolve upon private interests, and suggests safeguards which might be put in place to enhance the advantages and to minimize the adverse consequences of such devolution. The conclusion seeks to articulate basic principles for the mobilization of third parties in furtherance of compliance, and to encourage the idea of a more participative regulatoy process.

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“…27-29). Western criminal law replaces precapitalist methods of dispute resolution and "self-help" criminal justice (Black 1983;Little and Sheffield 1983). Criminal behavior is reified and becomes "juridically constituted as a distinct category of reality" independent of class interests (Sumner 1982, p. 10;see Greenberg 1980;Snyder 1980).…”

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Competing Perspectives on Cross-National Crime: An Evaluation of Theory and Evidence

Neuman

Berger

1988

The Sociological Quarterly

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Cross‐national studies of crime are dominated by a Durkheimian‐Modernization theoretical perspective. We evaluate this perspective and present two alternatives, the Marxian‐World System and Ecological‐Opportunity perspectives. Each is for its theory of social change, causal explanation of criminal behavior, conceptualization of law and crime rates, and view of the relation between collective political behavior and crime. The empirical evidence is assessed and weak support is found for the dominant perspective. The article concludes by reconsidering the concepts of economic development and crime rates.

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Frontiers and Criminal Justice: English Private Prosecution Societies and American Vigilantism in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Cited by 41 publications

References 13 publications

Strategic approaches to property crime control

Strategic approaches to property crime control

Using Non‐Governmental Resources to Foster Regulatory Compliance

Competing Perspectives on Cross-National Crime: An Evaluation of Theory and Evidence

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