The US experience in contracting out security and lessons for other countries
Abstract
The United States has gone further than any country in the “privatization of security”. Other
countries may find the economic or financial logic in the use of contractors persuasive. The US
experience with contracting out security, particularly in Iraq, was problematic, and can serve as
a cautionary tale in order that other countries might learn how to avoid the pitfalls.
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The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7329201500112