Bubbles of Governance: Private Policing and the Law in Canada

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
George S. Rigakos ◽  
David R. Greener
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Private Security ◽  
Private Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Private Organization ◽  
Security Personnel ◽  
Legal Context ◽  
Private Policing

AbstractIn the last three decades, the public-private organization of policing in Canada has undergone significant change. It is now common sociological knowledge that there has been formidable growth in private security alongside evolving forms of private governance. These changing social relations have resulted in the prominence of actuarial practices and agents to enforce them. This paper examines how the Canadian socio-legal context affects and is affected by both private security and new, more aggressive, ‘parapolicing’ organizations. We update the state of knowledge on the powers of private security personnel by examiningCriminal Codeprovisions in apost-Charterlegal environment, comparing provincial trespass Acts, and analyzing how one aggressive ‘Law Enforcement Company’ as well as other private security firms, more generally, are both enabled and constrained by these legal provisions.

scholarly journals Public danger of crime: the concept and criteria of verification

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 124-140
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Lopashenko ◽  
Arina V. Golikova ◽  
Elena V. Kobzeva ◽  
Darya A. Kovlagina ◽  
Mikhail M. Lapunin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Literature ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of

The subject. The article reveals theoretical, lexical and logical approaches to determining the essence of the public danger of crime. The purpose of the article is to confirm or dispute hypothesis that the public danger of crime as a legal or theoretical construction represents the possibility of negative changes in society; public danger is an exclusive social feature of criminal acts. The authors also aim to develop a system of verifiable criteria for public danger. The methodology of the research is an objective assessment of the public danger as legal category. It is performed selecting a system of verified factors of public danger on the basis of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, interpretation of legal literature. The main results, scope of application. The meaning of the legal definition of a crime contains the purpose of preventing possible harm to society stipulated in the criminal law. This fact is due to the preventive task (part 1 of article 2 of the Russian Criminal Code). The public danger of crime as a phenomenon of objective reality is meaningless, since the crime is the negative changes and harm that has occurred. The social danger of crime creates a shock to the foundations of society, undermines the conditions of its existence. Other ("non-criminal") offenses that contradict the established law and order in the state do not threaten the basic system of social values. Intersectoral differentiation of legal responsibility should have transitivity, which includes a rule: the degree of repression of coercive measures within various branches of law meets the rules of hierarchy. Mandatory signs of public danger of a crime are that the act: 1) affects significant social relations that need criminal legal protection from causing harm to them by socially dangerous behavior; 2) has a harmful potential that is fraught with causing significant harm or creating a threat of causing such harm to the object of criminal legal protection; 3) results in socially dangerous consequences; 4) is characterized by the guilty attitude of the subject to the deed, expressed in the form of intent or carelessness. Optional criteria of public danger of act are: the characteristics of the crime and characteristics of victim; method of committing a crime; the time, place, atmosphere, instruments and means of committing the crime; the motive; the object of the crime; special characteristics of the perpetrator. The quantitative indicators (size, severity, or other value) of the subject of the offense and its socially dangerous consequences, as well as the repetition of the act and the presence of a special recidivism of crimes should not be used as criteria for public danger of behavior. Conclusions. Public danger is a social feature exclusively of criminal acts (crimes and potential criminal misdemeanors); all other types of offenses are harmful to the interests of society, but they do not pose a danger to it. To exclude competition between criminal and administrative responsibility, it is necessary to take into account the public danger of the crime on the basis of verifiable factors.

scholarly journals The Public Surveillance Functions of Private Security

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Wakefield
Keyword(s):  
Private Property ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Private Security ◽  
The Public ◽  
Shopping Centre ◽  
Public Surveillance ◽  
Security Personnel ◽  
Collaborative Working ◽  
Post War

This paper is concerned with arguably the most pervasive body of watchers in society, private security personnel. Set in the context of the rapid post-war expansion of both mass private property and private security, the contention of the paper is that the inter-dependency between these two industries is key to understanding the significance of surveillance as a form of governance in privatised urban spaces. Drawing on an empirical study of private security in three settings: a cultural centre, a shopping centre and a retail and leisure complex, it is argued that surveillance practices represented much more than an approach to policing and crime prevention in these venues, and were central to broader management strategies for the three centres. These surveillance practices also became the basis for collaborative working with the police. In the conclusion, a number of concerns are raised with respect to the policing aspects of surveillance, in relation to both commercial and public policing objectives and the human rights and civil liberties being eroded along the way.

scholarly journals DO THE MEANS DEFEAT THE ENDS? Impact of legislation on Gauteng’s enclosed neighbourhoods

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyane Tshehla
Keyword(s):  
Personal Information ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Private Security ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Security Personnel

Gauteng has most of the country’s enclosed neighbourhoods. The province is also ahead in its enactment of policy and legislation to regulate the restriction of access to public spaces for safety purposes. The goals of many residents are however likely to conflict with the legal provisions. For example, the legislation and policy provide that private security personnel at booms only monitor and observe activity. They may not search vehicles or people, or require registers to be completed, or request personal information from visitors to the area.

scholarly journals Illegal crossing of the State Border of Ukraine: some aspects of elements of crime

1970 ◽  
pp. 315-320
Author(s):  
Yurii Kuryliuk
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Precise Determination ◽  
The State ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
The Public

The article analyzes elements of the crime covered by the Article 332-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, establishing criminal liability for illegal crossing of the State Border of Ukraine, and also discloses peculiarities of the criminal legal qualification of this action. It is determined that as the patrimonial object of the crime under the Article 332-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine should be considered homogeneous social relations, covering a certain sphere of the public life that is the border security of Ukraine, violation of which causes socially dangerous harm to the components of this sphere that is defense of the State and its border protection, sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability. The direct object of this crime is the public relations, which provide for the normatively established and regulated procedure for crossing the State Border of Ukraine. It has been established that the procedure for crossing the State Border of Ukraine may manifest itself in several forms: 1) by any means (by foot, by auto transport, by swimming etc.) outside the checkpoints across the State Border of Ukraine; 2) by any means (whether hidden or breaking through, or not) at checkpoints across the State Border of Ukraine without the relevant documents; 3) by any means (whether hidden or breaking through, or not) at checkpoints across the State Border of Ukraine with the documents, containing inaccurate information. Should not be underestimated the blanket nature of the disposition of the mentioned article that requires precise determination of the relevant regulatory acts, determining the list of documents that are necessary for crossing the State Border of Ukraine by a certain category of people, and also confirm the fact of opening a specific checkpoint across the State Border of Ukraine. The disposition of the Article 332-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine defines several groups of subjects, in particular: 1) a person who is prohibited from entering the territory of Ukraine; 2) a representative of a unit of the armed forces or other law enforcement agencies of the State who is an aggressor; 3) a person with the aim to illegally cross the State Border of Ukraine for harming the interests of the State. Moreover, it was established that the aim for “harming the interests of the State” is not necessary for the illegal crossing of the State Border of Ukraine by persons who are prohibited from entering the territory of Ukraine, or by representatives of a unit of the armed forces or other law enforcement agencies of the State who is an aggressor. The criminalization of the illegal crossing of the State Border of Ukraine is an important aspect of creating conditions for the proper protection of the vital interests of an individual, the society and the State from real and potential external and internal threats in the border space of Ukraine.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PUTUSAN BEBAS TERHADAP PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA NARKOTIKA DI PENGADILAN NEGERI MAKASSAR

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-77
Author(s):  
Andi Ilham Anwar ◽  
Marwan Mas ◽  
Abdul Salam Siku
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
District Court ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
The Public ◽  
Trial Process ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Subjective Element ◽  
Judicial Authority

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui proses penerapan hukum pidana materiil dalam tindak pidana narkotika, mengetahui pertimbangan hakim tentang hal – hal yang memberikan penjatuhan Putusan Bebas Pasal 191 KUHP Ayat (1) terhadap terdakwa tindak pidana narkotika, menganalis dan mengamati fakta – fakta pada persidangan. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Kantor Pengadilan Negeri di Kota Makassar. Hasil Putusan 1434/Pid.Sus/2018/PN Mks. Jaksa Penuntut umum menggunakan dakwaan alternative Pasal 114 ayat (2) Jo Pasal 132 ayat (1) Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika atau pasal 112 ayat (2) Jo Pasal 132 ayat (1), dimana unsur dan pasal saling berkesesuaian, namun berdasarkan fakta persidangan dan pengakuan saksi-saksi khususnya saksi a de charger dimana pasal yang didakwakan memuat unsur subjektif yaitu setiap orang, namun fakta antara apa yang didakwakan unsur setiap orang (terdakwa) tidak memiliki hubungan dari pengembangan atas kasus narkotika, sehingga atas keterangan tersebut majelis berkesimpulan bahwa unsur setiap orang pada pasal ini tidak terbukti, oleh sebab itu sudah sepatutnya terdakwa dibebaskan dari dakwaan, mengingat ketentuan pasal 191 KUHP ayat (1) dan ketentuan Hukum lainnya yang saling berkaitan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pelaksanaan Proses persidangan berjalan tanpa mengesampingkan penyelenggaraan kekuasaan kehakiman pada kasus tindak pidana narkotika. This study aims to determine the process of applying the material criminal law in narcotics crime, to know the judge's considerations on matters that provide the ruling on Article 191 of the Criminal Code Free Verdict Paragraph (1) against narcotics criminal defendants, to analyze and observe facts at the trial. This research was conducted in the District Court Office in Makassar City. From this study, the authors get the verdict of 1434 / Pid.Sus / 2018 / PN Mks. The Public Prosecutor uses the alternative indictment of Article 114 paragraph (2) Jo Article 132 paragraph (1) of Law Number 35 Year 2009 concerning Narcotics or Article 112 paragraph (2) Jo Article 132 paragraph (1), where the elements and articles are compatible, but based on the facts of the trial and the testimony of witnesses especially witness a de charger where the article charged contains a subjective element that is each person, but the fact between what is charged by the element of each person (the defendant) has no relationship with the development of narcotics cases, so based on the information the panel of judges concluded that the element of each person in this article was not proven, therefore the defendant should have been acquitted of the indictment, bearing in mind the provisions of article 191 of the Criminal Code paragraph (1) and other interrelated legal provisions. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of the Trial Process proceeded without prejudice to the implementation of judicial authority in narcotics crime cases.

Reconstruction of Life Imprisonment in Prison System in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 499
Author(s):  
Boma Wira Gumilar ◽  
Gunarto Gunarto ◽  
Akhmad Khisni
Keyword(s):  
Justice System ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Prison System ◽  
Penal System ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Life Imprisonment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Prison Life ◽  
The Future ◽  
Research Types

The most important part in a Book of Criminal Law (Penal Code) is a prison, because the prison contains rules about the size and implementation of the criminal. The position of life imprisonment in the national criminal justice system is still considered relevant as a means of crime prevention, it can be seen from the number of offenses punishable with life imprisonment. However, life imprisonment is considered contrary to the penal system. This study aims to investigate the implementation of life imprisonment, weaknesses, and the solution in the future. The approach used in the study is a non-doctrinal legal research with socio-legal research types (Juridical Sociological).The results of research studies show that life imprisonment is contrary to prison system, and life imprisonment become an obstacle to fostering convicts back into society. Bill Criminal Code of September 2019 can be used as a solution to life imprisonment change in the future. Presented advice, in order to be disseminated to the application of the criminal purpose of the Criminal Code of Prison adopted in the future, so that the public and experts no longer make the criminal as a form of retaliation.Keywords: Reconstruction; Crime; Prison; Life Imprisonment; System; Corrections.

Reflections on the Acquisition of Land by Non-citizens in Botswana

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-204
Author(s):  
Boga Thura Manatsha
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The Government ◽  
Tribal Land ◽  
Ownership Of Land ◽  
Land Transactions

There are rising public concerns about the acquisition of prime land by non-citizens/foreigners in Botswana, especially in the sprawling urban and peri-urban areas. Indians, Nigerians and Chinese, among others, are allegedly involved in such land transactions. There is a salient local resentment towards them and/or such transactions. Sensational media reports, emotive public statements by politicians, chiefs and government officials, and anger from ordinary citizens dominate the discourse. These emotive public debates about this issue warrant some academic comment. This article argues that the acquisition of land by foreigners in Botswana, in each land category—tribal, state and freehold—is legally allowed by the relevant laws. But this does not mean that citizens have no right to raise concerns and/or show their disapproval of some of these legal provisions. Aware of the public outcry, the government has since passed the Land Policy in 2015, revised in 2019, and amended the Tribal Land Act in 2018, not yet operational, to try and strictly regulate the acquisition of land by non-citizens. There is no readily available statistical data, indicating the ownership of land by foreigners in each land category. This issue is multifaceted and needs to be cautiously handled, lest it breeds xenophobia or the anti-foreigner sentiments.

ANALISIS YURIDIS TINDAK PIDANA PENGGELAPAN YANG TIMBUL DARI HUBUNGAN SEWA MENYEWA MOBIL DIKAITKAN DENGAN PASAL 372 KUHP

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-216
Author(s):  
Hurip Agustina ◽  
Dadang Suprijatna ◽  
Aal Lukmanul Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Bottom Layer ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Car Rental

Crime embezzlement car rentals are lately often devastating car rental owner. This is an issue where the meaning of a rule of law if the crime committed community can not be followed by the rule of law, such as crimes by way of evasion is one of the types of crimes against human wealth which is stated in Article 372 of the Criminal Code, which is a crime that does not exist inexhaustible, both from the bottom layer to the top layer of society can also be committing a criminal act embezzlement is a crime that originated from the existence of a trust in others, and that trust is lost because of the lack of an honesty. It is stated that the crime of embezzlement have a problem that is closely linked to attitudes, moral, mental, honesty and trust humans as individuals. The purpose of this study are as follows: 1) To determine and analyze the occurrence of the crime of embezzlement car rental. 2) To know and analyze the application of Article 372 of the Criminal Code the crime of embezzlement in the rental car. 3) To know and analyze the efforts of the police in preventing crime of embezzlement car lease. This study uses normative juridical approach that is used to make the description clear, systematic, transparent and precise about the facts / specific nature of the area and population which is then analyzed to obtain the desired facts. Criminal offense embezzlement rental car can be imprisoned if they meet the overall elements of the offenses charged by the public prosecutor and the offender accountable for his actions. If the offender does not meet one of the elements of which the accused, then it can not be convicted. The elements of criminal responsibility are: 1) committing illegal or criminal acts; 2) for the criminal should be able to be responsible; 3) to have a fault; 4) absence of an excuse. The conclusion from this study is the adoption of Article 372 of the Criminal Code in criminal offenses of embezzlement car rental where the incidence of criminal acts committed tenants for the rented goods belonging to the owner of the rental rights because of misuse or abuse of trust in which the crime of embezzlement are set in the provisions of Article 372 of the Criminal Code.

The Private Eye of Public Life: Surveillance, Security, and Urban Governance in the City of Toronto

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Carter
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Private Security ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Private Policing

Market forces increasingly drive the development of urban space in globalized cities. Following deindustrialization, some municipalities have become dependent upon tax revenues derived from office towers. City managers and officer tower developers work under the pressure of competition to ensure their spaces are attractive to this highly mobile work force; safety and security are key selling points. In Toronto, large sections of urban space have been privatized and are policed by private security. Much of the privately owned space is designed to be publicly accessible, creating new dynamics between private security and public police. Changes to federal and provincial legislation, combined with a rapid expansion in the deployment of private security guards, signal an emerging urban governance model that supports private-public partnerships in policing. Under the supervision of David Murakami Wood, I conducted interviews with high-ranking politicians, security professionals, and social services executives in Toronto. These interviews revealed concerns about the erosion of public space, the treatment of marginalized populations, and inadequate private security regulations. Some argue the legal rights of private property owners permit security and surveillance practices that violate democratic values. Clearly, there is tension between the market forces that inform private policing, and the civic accountability of public police forces that remains unresolved. My research suggests new legislation is required to ensure this emerging urban governance model, which features private policing, preserves the democratic rights and freedoms of all citizens.

Criminal law as a means of protecting human rights and freedoms in the modern world

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-256
Author(s):  
Viktoriia V. Haltsova ◽  
Sergiy O. Kharytonov ◽  
Oleksandr M. Khramtsov ◽  
Oleksandr O. Zhytnyi ◽  
Andrii A. Vasyliev
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Legitimate Interests

This paper is a comprehensive study of the problems of criminal law as a remedy for human rights and freedoms in the modern world. The relevance of this subject lies in the systematic violations of constitutional human rights and freedoms and the inaction of the criminal law in such cases. Nowadays, the criminal law as a remedy for human rights and freedoms in national and international law is described by imperfection in its adaptation to rapidly changing social relations, which, accordingly, leads to problems in their legal protection. There are various reasons for this in the legal sphere, such as gaps in the legal provisions, conflicts of legal regulation and inconsistency of the rules of legislation with existing public relations in the state. All of the above determines the relevance of the subject matter of this study. Thus, the purpose of this study was a comprehensive analysis of theoretical and applied issues relating to the remedies for human rights and legitimate interests against socially dangerous encroachments, and the formulation of scientifically sound proposals for improving the current legislation of Ukraine and the practice of its application in this area. Ultimately, this study identified the legal characteristics of human rights and freedoms at both the national and international levels. The remedies for rights were demonstrated through the lens of criminal law. In addition, the study analysed the forms of implementation of international practice in the national legislation of Ukraine as a remedy for human rights and freedoms in the modern world. The significance of the results of this study was expressed in the further research of related subjects concerning this issue, namely the history of the development of EU criminal law standards and the historical establishment of the concept of human and citizen rights and legitimate interests. Furthermore, the materials of this study can be used in the preparation of educational materials, methodological recommendations, as well as training in various fields of legal science. This, in turn, will allow properly using the criminal law protection of human rights and freedoms without violations on the part of criminal justice bodies

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