New Development of Police Strategy and Privatization of Social Protection: Hsinchu City Police Bureau as an Example
Mark Ming-Chwang Chen*, Jin-Tian Lee**
Abstract
Privatization is a global trend in the criminal justice institution and its managerial practices. Nowadays, the number of people working in the private security has exceeded that in the public security, i.e. the police force, as can be seen in U.K., Canada, Ireland, Luxemburg and Poland. In addition, the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), volunteer and neighborhood watch of various private sectors are booming with the rapid development of the private security. And these new social protection institutions have greatly boosted the police and Criminal Justice agencies in their efforts to safeguard society.
The authors describe the new development of this trend and cite various nations’ privatization practices to explain this trend, showing that privatization of social protection really works in terms of maintaining community safety and stability. Further, this paper uses Hsinchu City Police Bureau as an example of successful experimentation of this new strategy.
Keywords: privatization of policing, privatization of social protection, strategy of policing
* Professor, Department of Border Police, Central Police University.
** Commissioner, Hsinchu City Police Bureau.