Understanding the Risk Society: Crime, Security and Justice

Understanding the Risk Society: Crime, Security and Justice
ISBN-10
1137402199
ISBN-13
9781137402196
Category
Social Science
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2017-09-16
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Gabriel Mythen

Description

In this penetrating account of the impacts of risk on everyday life, Gabe Mythen provides a theoretically informed overview of the regulation of crime and security in a globalized world. By explicating the relationships between risk and crime, security and justice, the text applies risk to specific incidents and events, scrutinizing social processes and cultural practices, and illumining some of the central social and political issues of the modern age. Extending across a range of domains – including law, the environment, media and politics – Mythen embarks on a conceptual and critical exploration of risk theory. In doing so, his incisive text presents both a critical evaluation of the efficacy of competing perspectives on risk, and an authoritative appraisal of the place of risk within the social sciences.

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