Private Policing examines the origins of private policing, the growing literature that has sought to explain its growth, and ways in which it has been defined a

Les Johnston argues that policing, far from being the preserve of public personnel, is in fact performed by a mixture of public, private, and quasi-public agent

The second edition of Private Policing details the substantial involvement of private agents and organisations involved in policing beyond the public police. It

Private law enforcement and order maintenance have usually been seen as working against or outside of state authority. A History of Private Policing in the Unit

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