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9780335206537

Understanding Risk in Criminal Justice

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    9780335206537

  • ISBN10:

    0335206530

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-10-01
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill

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"the Crime & Justice series has become a key resource for universities in teaching criminology and criminal justice... Professor Kemshall has established herself as a leading figure in the concepts of risk, risk management and public protection issues... an invaluable read for those entering Criminal Justice or moving to work in projects or teams at the forefront of public protection"VistaHow significant is risk to the formation and implementation of penal policy?To what extent are the tasks and activities of frontline criminal justice workers informed by concerns to assess and manage risk?Has there been a significant 'sea-change' in the delivery of criminal justice, and if so, what are the future implications of this?This illuminating text examines the significance of the concept of risk in criminal justice policy, and in the role of criminal justice agencies and crime prevention initiatives. Particular features of the book include its use of practical examples, coverage of previously unpublished research, and a full review of current risk assessment tools for use with offenders. It is designed with undergraduate courses in mind, providing frequent summaries, lists of further reading, and a glossary.The identification, assessment and management of risk has become a central theme of criminal justice policy. For some penal policy commentators this represents a 'sea-change' in crime management to a new era of 'actuarial justice', that is the management of crime opportunities and risk distribution rather than the management of individual offenders. By drawing on key areas of criminal justice practice such as policing, probation and crime prevention, this book examines the actual extent of this change and reviews the case for a new risk-based penology.The book combines a review of current theories on actuarial justice with a detailed examination of current practices in key frontline agencies. The result is an essential text for criminology students and trainee professionals in criminal justice.

Table of Contents

Series editor's foreword ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1(2)
1 The rise of risk 3(23)
Introducing risk
3(5)
What is risk?
4(4)
Summary
8(1)
Late modernity and the risk society: new risks or new ways of looking at risk?
8(7)
The contention that the distinction between traditional and late modern risks is overstated
10(1)
The thesis that risks are under-regulated and weakened social control of technology has contributed to risk proliferation is incorrect
11(2)
The claim that the end of traditional bonds exacerbates risk is overstated
13(1)
The multiplication of risk is overemphasized
14(1)
Summary
14(1)
Risk and crime
15(10)
The demise of the modernist agenda
16(2)
Postmodernity and the rise of risk
18(6)
Summary
24(1)
Further reading
25(1)
2 The role of risk in criminal justice and penal policy 26(22)
Introducing the new penality
26(2)
The rise of risk and actuarial justice
28(12)
Theoretical approaches: class versus governmentality
29(2)
Risk and capitalism
31(1)
Risk and social order
32(1)
Risk avoidance and the 'management of bads'
33(1)
Risk and the role of modern thought
34(1)
Economic crime management and actuarial risk practices
35(1)
New right crime policies, advanced liberalism and risk
36(4)
Summary
40(1)
Punitive sovereignty and the place of risk
40(7)
Adaptive strategies
41(2)
Sovereign state strategies
43(3)
Summary
46(1)
Further reading
47(1)
3 Approaches to risk and risk assessment tools 48(33)
Introduction: approaches to risk and the 'two cultures'
48(8)
Artefact risk
49(5)
Constructivist risk
54(2)
Summary
56(1)
Epistemologies of risk and risk management
56(8)
Artefact risk and homeostatic risk management
56(5)
Social risk and negotiated risk management
61(2)
Summary
63(1)
Risk assessment tools
64(8)
Actuarial tools
64(3)
Third generation tools: the introduction of criminogenic need
67(4)
Summary
71(1)
The challenge of sexual and violent offenders
72(7)
Sexual offenders and relevant tools
72(3)
Violent offenders and relevant tools
75(4)
Concluding summary
79(1)
Further reading
80(1)
4 Risk, dangerousness and the Probation Service 81(22)
Introduction
81(1)
A crisis of confidence
82(1)
The legislative and policy context: the Probation Service and the 'discovery' of the dangerous offender
82(11)
The Criminal Justice Act 1991 and the emergence of public protection
83(2)
Summary
85(1)
From dangerous to predatory: the rise of the predatory paedophile
86(6)
Summary
92(1)
Risk and Multi-Agency Public Protection Panels
93(6)
Multi-Agency Public Protection Panels
93(1)
Key legislation and policy developments
94(2)
Professional judgement versus actuarial tool
96(1)
Risk classification and risk thresholds
97(1)
Professional values and occupational culture
98(1)
Summary
98(1)
Conclusion: risk and rehabilitation in Probation transformation or accommodation?
99(3)
The emergence of a 'new rehabilitationism'
99(2)
Summary
101(1)
Further reading
102(1)
5 Risk and policing 103(22)
Introduction
103(2)
Late modern policing: transformation or continuity?
105(10)
Has public policing changed?
109(1)
Post-Keynesian policing: rhetoric or reality?
110(4)
Summary
114(1)
Risk-based policing
115(8)
Risk and community policing
115(1)
Partnership and community
116(2)
The rhetoric and the reality
118(1)
Intelligence-led policing
119(2)
Zero-tolerance policing
121(2)
Conclusion: new risks, new policing?
123(1)
Further reading
124(1)
6 Risk and crime prevention 125(18)
Introduction
125(2)
Crime prevention as a risk-based discourse
127(2)
Third way crime prevention
128(1)
Community and communitarianism
129(2)
Partnership
131(4)
Legitimacy and responsibility
132(1)
The extension of the private sphere
133(1)
Tensions arising from the demands of managerialism
133(1)
Summary
134(1)
Crime prevention in practice
135(3)
Extending the net of social control
137(1)
Summary
137(1)
Alternatives to risk: possible futures
138(3)
The 'privatized fortress cities' model
138(1)
The 'authoritarian statist-communitarian' model
139(1)
The 'inclusive civic, safe cities' model
139(2)
Summary
141(1)
Conclusion: is crime prevention a risky business?
141(1)
Further reading
142(1)
7 Concluding comments 143(4)
Pulling the threads together
143(2)
Risking the social
145(2)
Glossary 147(2)
References 149(32)
Index 181

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