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third party policing  

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  • DefinitionUntil recently, public police dominated the delivery of modern crime control. But trends in governance and the regulation of society have led to the pluralization and privatization of policing efforts, and the growth in administrative and regulatory agencies with crime control and prevention functions (Ericson, 2007). [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Policing; Third Party Policing]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/third_party_policing

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