“Policing and Profit” describes three ways that residents are used to generate revenue: 1) through usage fees imposed by criminal courts, 2) through private probation supervision, and 3) through civil forfeiture (the seizure of someone’s property). The article pays particular attention to the role law enforcement plays in extracting revenue from the poor…..Thus, a situation has emerged where the government is essentially creating a captive market for companies providing probation supervision”…. Pg 156