Policing the Risk Society
Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology;
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Product details:
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Date of Publication 28 August 1997
- ISBN 9780198265535
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages502 pages
- Size 225x146x30 mm
- Weight 763 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
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 organisations 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 organisations have been forced to develop new communications rules and technologies to meet external demands for knowledge of risk. With this book, the authors revolutionise 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.
MoreLong description:
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.
"Ericson and Haggarty's work...provides a much needed assessment of the lattice work for policing the risk society."
Table of Contents:
Introduction
I. Policing
Policing as Risk Communication
Policing, Risk, and Law
Community Policing and Risk Communications
II. The Risk Society
Risk Discourse
Risk Institutions
Risk and Social Change
III. Risks to Territories
Tracing Territories
Mobilizing Territories
Territorial Communities
IV. Risks to Securities, Careers, and Identities
Securities
Careers
Identities
V. Risks to Police Organization
Knowledge Risk Management
Communication Rules
Communication Formats
Communication Ideologies
Summary and Conclusions
References
Index
