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also have a monetary incentive to make an accurate assessment as to the defendant's likelihood of jumping bail; if he declines to grant a bond to an individual who would have shown up to trial, then he loses business, but if he grants bail to a person who jumps bail, then he suffers a financial loss.
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refers to a shift to private ownership and control of criminal justice services. The term is often used to refer simply to contracting out services, which takes place extensively in many countries today. For example, various prison services may be provided piecemeal by private vendors. Taken to its
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police department signed a three-year contract with a private firm to investigate and recover bad checks. The contractor handles all merchant contacts, telephone calls regarding bad checks, and investigations, in an effort to recover the face value of the check as well as the expenses for both the
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but the arrangement was challenged by the Arizona Law Enforcement Officers Advisory Council. Rural/Metro could not pay the legal fees needed to fight the challenge and the arrangement was ended in 1977.
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In some cases, private police are deputized in order to ensure compliance with the law, but continue to be paid by the hour so that money can be saved by releasing them during slow times; as when
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fullest extreme, however, privatization entails private-sector control over all the decisions regarding the use of resources devoted to the protection of persons and property.
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for a $ 500,000 "war on organized crime" contract that led to more than 80 criminal indictments, including many local politicians and government employees.
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help enforce the laws requiring those released on bail to appear for trial. If the defendant disappears, the bondsman may hire a
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Many criminal justice services are privatized because the government lacks the means to carry them out. For example, private
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According to Wyoming Detective James Maguffee, "They've got a great track record...It's just been a phenomenal success."
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after the town's entire four-officer police force was dismissed in 1993 because of a drug scandal.
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The government does not have such incentives built into its decision-making mechanisms for
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provides police services for more than 30 Swiss villages and townships.
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Shift to private ownership & control of criminal justice services
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The Privatization of Police In America: An Analysis and Case Study
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In the United States, policy manuals for policing are written by
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which contracted with Corporate Security in 1981; as well as
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contracted for street patrol and traffic control with
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