Marketisation and Privatisation in Criminal Justice

This collection offers a comprehensive review of the origins, scale and breadth of the privatisation and marketisation revolution across the criminal justice system.

Leading academics and researchers assess the consequences of market-driven criminal justice in a wide range of contexts, from prison and probation to policing, migrant detention, rehabilitation and community programmes. Using economic, sociological and criminological perspectives, illuminated by accessible case studies, they consider the shifting roles and interactions of the public, private and voluntary sectors.

As privatisation, outsourcing and the impact of market cultures spread further across the system, the authors look ahead to future developments and signpost the way to reform in a ‘post-market’ criminal justice sphere.

Steve Tombs is Professor of Criminology at the Open University. He has a long-standing interest in the incidence, nature and regulation of corporate and state crime, and has published widely on these matters. He works closely with the Hazards movement in the UK, was a founding member and Chair of the Centre for Corporate Accountability, and is on the Board of Inquest.

Rob Macmillan is Principal Research Fellow at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR), Sheffield Hallam University.

Dr Jill Annison is Associate Professor in Criminal Justice Studies at Plymouth School of Law, Criminology and Government, Plymouth University, UK. Her research interests include exploring developments in Probation Policy and Practice, and interventions with adult offenders, particularly in relation to gender.

Randy K. Lippert is Professor of Criminology at University of Windsor, Canada, specializing in policing, security, and governance. Previous publications include “Condo Conquest” (2019) and “Policing Cities” (2013).

Kevin Walby is Chancellor Research Chair and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. Previous publications include “National Security, Surveillance, and Terror” (2017) and “Corporate Security in the 21st Century” (2014).