Ric Simmons is a Professor of Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He is the author of Smart Surveillance: How to Interpret the Fourth Amendment in the Twenty-First Century (2019) and the co-author of four textbooks on Criminal Procedure and Evidence.

• 1. Criminal justice without the state; 2. A brief history of crime; 3. Public failings, private opportunities; 4. Private law enforcement; 5 Private criminal settlements as plea bargains; 6. Private criminal settlements as blackmail; 7. Private adjudications; 8. Private dispositions; 9. Regulating private criminal justice; 10. The verdict on private criminal justice.

'In this smart, fair-minded, and important book, Ric Simmons provides an eye-opening tour of the vast range of private services that sidestep and offer alternatives to the criminal legal system. He shows that 'private criminal justice' can't be assessed without understanding the problems of public criminal justice - and vice versa.' David Alan Sklansky, Stanley Morrison Professor of Law, Stanford Law School

Ric Simmons is a Professor of Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He is the author of Smart Surveillance: How to Interpret the Fourth Amendment in the Twenty-First Century (2019) and the co-author of four textbooks on Criminal Procedure and Evidence.

• 1. Criminal justice without the state; 2. A brief history of crime; 3. Public failings, private opportunities; 4. Private law enforcement; 5 Private criminal settlements as plea bargains; 6. Private criminal settlements as blackmail; 7. Private adjudications; 8. Private dispositions; 9. Regulating private criminal justice; 10. The verdict on private criminal justice.

'In this smart, fair-minded, and important book, Ric Simmons provides an eye-opening tour of the vast range of private services that sidestep and offer alternatives to the criminal legal system. He shows that 'private criminal justice' can't be assessed without understanding the problems of public criminal justice - and vice versa.' David Alan Sklansky, Stanley Morrison Professor of Law, Stanford Law School

Ric Simmons is a Professor of Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He is the author of Smart Surveillance: How to Interpret the Fourth Amendment in the Twenty-First Century (2019) and the co-author of four textbooks on Criminal Procedure and Evidence.

• 1. Criminal justice without the state; 2. A brief history of crime; 3. Public failings, private opportunities; 4. Private law enforcement; 5 Private criminal settlements as plea bargains; 6. Private criminal settlements as blackmail; 7. Private adjudications; 8. Private dispositions; 9. Regulating private criminal justice; 10. The verdict on private criminal justice.

'In this smart, fair-minded, and important book, Ric Simmons provides an eye-opening tour of the vast range of private services that sidestep and offer alternatives to the criminal legal system. He shows that 'private criminal justice' can't be assessed without understanding the problems of public criminal justice - and vice versa.' David Alan Sklansky, Stanley Morrison Professor of Law, Stanford Law School