Crime and Risk (Compact Criminology) - Softcover

O'Malley, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847873510 ISBN 13: 9781847873514

Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010

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`O'Malley, in this beautifully simple, insightful and erudite book, Locates risk within a veriety of mentalities that lare being deployed to "govern crime'. In doing so he places risk, where it should be, at the very centre of criminological thought and practice. This is an important book,' Professor Clifford Shearing, University of Cape Town

`O'Malley's approach to risk, crime and criminal justic is stimulating and provocative. His highly original "risky criminology" recnnects risk with theory, and challenges those concerned with punishment and crime prevention to develop constructive, imaginative measures, rather than trying to control risk through repression and exclusion.' Professor Barbara Hudson, University of Central Lancashire.

This innovative and accessible book will appeal to Upperf-level undergraduates, postgradutes and scholars in ciminology, criminal justice, and politics.

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Pat O'Malley is Professor of Law at the university of Sydney.

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Over recent years, the governance of crime - from policing and crime prevention to sentencing and prison organization - has moved away from a focus on reforming offenders toward preventing crime and managing behaviour using predictive and distributional (such as risk) techniques.

Crime and Risk presents an engaging discussion of risk strategies and risk-taking in the domain of crime and criminal justice. It outlines the broad theoretical issues and political approaches involved, relating risk in contemporary crime governance to risk in criminal activity. Taking a broad and discursive approach, it covers:

• Risk-taking and contemporary culture
• The excitement associated with risk-taking and the impact of criminal activity
• The application of risk-oriented developments in crime prevention and control
• The use of genetic and related biotechnologies to assess and react to perceived threats
• The conceptualization of risk in relation to race and gender
• The influence of excitement upon criminal activity
• Evidence and accountability.

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Compact Criminology is an exciting series that invigorates and challenges the international field of criminology.

Books in the series are short, authoritative, innovative assessments of emerging issues in criminology and criminal justice - offering critical, accessible introductions to important topics. They take a global rather than a narrowly national approach. Eminently readable and first-rate in quality, each book is written by a leading specialist.

Compact Criminology provides a new type of tool for teaching, learning and research, one that is flexible and light on its feet. The series addresses fundamental needs in the growing and increasingly differentiated field of criminology.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1847873510
• ISBN 13: 9781847873514
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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