Dangerous offenders : punishment and social order / edited by Mark Brown and John Pratt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Mark, 1965-

Pratt, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recidivists.

Violent offenders.

Violent crimes--Social aspects.

Violent crimes.

Danger perception.

Risk perception.

Criminal law--Social aspects.

Criminal law.

Punishment--Social aspects.

Punishment.

Criminal behavior, Prediction of.

Physical Description:

ix, 197 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This highly controversial new book considers how the dangerous offender has become such a figure of collective anxiety for the citizens of rationalised Western societies. The authors consider: * ideas of danger and social threat in historical perspective * legal responses to violent criminals * attempts to predict dangerous behaviour * why particular groups, such as women, remain at risk from violent crime. This inspired collection invites us to rethink the received wisdom on dangerous offenders, and will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of criminology and the sociology of Risk.

Contents:

chapter Introduction / MARK BROWN

part PART I Dangerousness: a sociological history

chapter 1 Risk societies and the government of crime / PAT O MALLEY

chapter 2 Dangerousness and modern society / JOHN PRATT

part Part II Legal responses and responsibilities

chapter 3 Guerrillas in our midst? Judicial responses to governing the dangerous

ARIE FREIBERG / Judicial responses to governing the dangerous Arie Freiberg

chapter 4 Civil commitment as social control: managing the risk of sexual violence

ERIC JANUS / Managing the risk of sexual violence Eric Janus

part PART III Practical risks: danger in the penal context

chapter 5 Calculations of risk in contemporary penal practice / MARK BROWN

chapter 6 Criminal careers, sex offending and dangerousness / RODERIC BROADHURST

chapter 7 Risk and blame in criminal justice controversies: British press coverage and official discourse on prison security (1993-6)

RICHARD SPARKS / British press coverage and official discourse on prison security (1993-6) Richard Sparks

part PART IV Violence, danger and modern government: the future

chapter 8 Naturalising danger: women, fear and personal safety

ELIZABETH STANKO / Women, fear and personal safety Elizabeth Stanko

chapter 9 Drugs and dangerousness: perception and management of risk in the neo-liberal era

ADAM SUTTON / Perception and management of risk in the neo-liberal era Adam Sutton

chapter 10 Dangerous states / NILS CHRISTIE.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-63703-9

0-203-19059-9

1-134-63704-7

1-280-32863-0

0-203-13574-1

9780203135747

OCLC:

171115362