Criminal justice, risk and the revolt against uncertainty

Criminal justice, risk and the revolt against uncertainty / John Pratt, Jordan Anderson, editors.

This book examines the impact and implications of the relationship between risk and criminal justice in advanced liberal democracies, in the context of the 'revolt against uncertainty' which has underpinned the rise of populist politics across these societies in recent years. It asks what...

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Other Authors: Pratt, John, Anderson, Jordan (PhD candidate in criminology)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Series:Palgrave studies in risk, crime and society.
Subjects:
Criminology.
criminology.
Penology & punishment.
Crime & criminology.
Politics & government.
Public administration.
Causes & prevention of crime.
Social Science > Penology.
Social Science > Criminology.
Political Science > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Political Science > Public Policy > General.
Criminology
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • pt. I. The Dynamics of Risk Assessment and Preventive Justice. Risk Assessment, Predictive Algorithms and Preventive Justice ; Reflections on Risk Assessment in Community Corrections ; Character Retribution as a Brake on Risk-Driven Criminal Justice
  • pt. II. Risk and Penal Policy. Dangerous Neighbors: Risk Control, Community Notification and Sex Offender Release ; Joint Enterprise, Hostility and the Construction of Dangerous Belonging ; Re-examining Risk and Blame in Penal Controversies. Parole in England and Wales, 2013-2018
  • pt. III. New Dimensions of Risk. Against the Odds?: Unraveling the Paradoxes of Risk Prevention in Counter-Radicalization Strategy ; Locking-Out Uncertainty: Conflict and Risk in Sydney's Night-Time Economy ; Climate Change and Migration: Managing Risks, Developing Hostilities ; Crime, Pre-crime and Sub-crime. Deportation of 'Risky Non-citizens' as 'Enemy Crimmigration'
  • pt. IV. Living with Risk. When Risk and Populism Collide ; Thinking About Risk: Responding to Threat and Disintegration in a Fraught World ; Millennials and the New Penology: Will Generational Change in the U.S. Facilitate the Triumph of Risk Rationality in Criminal Justice.

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