Trevor Jones is a lecturer in Criminology at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to this he worked at the Policy Studies Institute in London for eight years.Dr Tim Newburn is head of Crime, Justice and Youth Studies at the Policy Studies Institute and Visiting Professor, Goldsmiths College, London. He previously worked at the Home Office Research and Planning Unit and at the National Institute for Social Work.

Jones and Newburn's study of private security and public policing provides an appropriate and entirely convincing evaluation of the incresingly diverse provision of policing arrangements in England and Wales.

• 1. The Sociology of Policing ; 2. The Public-Private Dichotomy ; 3. Private Security in Britain ; 4. The Growth of Private Security ; 5. Policing Bodies in Wandsworth ; 6. Policing Wandsworth in Practice ; 7. The Boundaries of Public and Private Policing ; 8. Making Sense of the Policing Division of Labor ; Bibliography ; Index

Trevor Jones is a lecturer in Criminology at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to this he worked at the Policy Studies Institute in London for eight years.Dr Tim Newburn is head of Crime, Justice and Youth Studies at the Policy Studies Institute and Visiting Professor, Goldsmiths College, London. He previously worked at the Home Office Research and Planning Unit and at the National Institute for Social Work.

Jones and Newburn's study of private security and public policing provides an appropriate and entirely convincing evaluation of the incresingly diverse provision of policing arrangements in England and Wales.

• 1. The Sociology of Policing ; 2. The Public-Private Dichotomy ; 3. Private Security in Britain ; 4. The Growth of Private Security ; 5. Policing Bodies in Wandsworth ; 6. Policing Wandsworth in Practice ; 7. The Boundaries of Public and Private Policing ; 8. Making Sense of the Policing Division of Labor ; Bibliography ; Index