Blurring Boundaries and the Unbearable Lightness of Criminological Discourse

Abstract

After map** the political function of policing and the dynamics within the police system itself and the way policing is carried out, I will from now on turn my attention to developments taking place outside the criminal justice system and public policing. This I will do for two reasons. First, I am looking for undertows in policing; more specifically, I will be analysing ‘policing’ taking place ‘outside’ the police. But second, and relevant for my ‘governance of policing and security’ perspective, I will explore how this all relates to public policing, what blurring is taking place and how this can be explained from the theoretical points being made in the first two chapters.