Policing the Risk Society - Couverture rigide

Ericson, Richard V.; Haggerty, Kevin D.

 
9780198265535: Policing the Risk Society
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0198265530 ISBN 13 : 9780198265535
Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1997

Synopsis

In this provocative new book, Richard Ericson and Kevin Haggerty contend that the police have become information brokers to institutions such as insurance companies and health and welfare organizations that operate based on a knowledge of risk. In turn, these institutions influence the ways that police officers think and act. A critical review of existing research reveals the need to study police interaction with institutions as well as individuals. These institutions are part of an emerging "risk society" where knowledge of risk is used to control danger. The authors examine different aspects of police involvement; the use of surveillance technologies and the collection of data on securities, careers and different social, ethnic, age and gender groups. They conclude by looking at how police organizations have been forced to develop new communications rules and technologies to meet external demands for knowledge of risk. This is the first book in this field to include detailed evidence of some of the central tenets of the risk society. It also includes a sophisticated examination of the risk society theory that will advance readers' knowledge considerably. With this book, the authors revolutionize the study of policing, and their work will impact heavily on scholars in criminology, social theory, and communications as well as policing and the public.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this provocative new book, Richard Ericson and Kevin Haggerty contend that the police have become information brokers to institutions such as insurance companies and health and welfare organizations that operate based on a knowledge of risk. In turn, these institutions influence the ways that police officers think and act. A critical review of existing research reveals the need to study police interaction with institutions as well as individuals. These institutions are part of an emerging "risk society" where knowledge of risk is used to control danger. The authors examine different aspects of police involvement; the use of surveillance technologies and the collection of data on securities, careers and different social, ethnic, age and gender groups. They conclude by looking at how police organizations have been forced to develop new communications rules and technologies to meet external demands for knowledge of risk. This is the first book in this field to include detailed evidence of some of the central tenets of the risk society. It also includes a sophisticated examination of the risk society theory that will advance readers' knowledge considerably. With this book, the authors revolutionize the study of policing, and their work will impact heavily on scholars in criminology, social theory, and communications as well as policing and the public.

Revue de presse

"Ericson and Haggarty's work...provides a much needed assessment of the lattice work for policing the risk society."

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Éditeur
Clarendon Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198265530
ISBN 13 
9780198265535
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
502
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Messaggerie Libri
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780802079671: Policing the Risk Society

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0802079679 ISBN 13 :  9780802079671
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 1997
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