these are just two of the issues addressed by Les Johnston who argues thatpolicing far from being the exclusive preserve of public personnel is anactivity under... » 

these are just two of the issues addressed by Les Johnston who argues thatpolicing far from being the exclusive preserve of public personnel is anactivity undertaken by a mixture of public private and quasipublic agents.His book reviews the history of private policing examines developments ofcurrent concern and finally considers the implications of these developmentsboth for the sociology of policing and for a more general understanding ofpublicprivate relations in the late 20th century. «