Dangerous Offenders: Punishment and Social Order

Dangerous Offenders: Punishment and Social Order
ISBN-10
1134637039
ISBN-13
9781134637034
Category
Social Science
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2002-01-04
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Mark Brown, John Pratt

Description

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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