Dangerous Offenders: Punishment and Social Order - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0415200474 ISBN 13: 9780415200479

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2000

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

'This volume presents a solid framework of current data and theoretical analyses of the meaning of 'dangerousness' in the current political and penal climate. At the same time, it illuminates many of the puzzles, with which professionals have to wrestle.' - Current Issues in Criminal Justice

L'autore:

Mark Brown is lecturer in Criminology at the University of Melbourne. John Pratt is reader in Criminology at the Victoria University of Melbourne.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0415200474
• ISBN 13: 9780415200479
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Redattore: Brown Mark, Pratt John