Title Dangerous offenders : punishment and social order / edited by Mark Brown and John Pratt.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

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Description	1 online resource (ix, 197 pages)
	data file rda
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Risk societies and the government of crime / Pat O'Malley-- Dangerousness and modern society / John Pratt-- Guerrillas in our midst: Judicial responses to governing the dangerous / Arie Freiberg-- Civil commitment as social control: Managing the risk of sexual violence / Eric Janus -- Calculations of risk in contemporary penal practice / Mark Brown-- Criminal careers sex offending and dangerousness / Roderic Broadhurst-- Risk and blame in criminal justice controversies: British press coverage and official discourse on prison security 1993-6 / Richard Sparks -- Naturalising danger: Women fear and personal safety / Elizabeth Stanko -- Drugs and dangerousness: Perception and management of risk in the neo-liberal era / Adam Sutton -- Dangerous states / Nils Christie.
Summary	Dangerous Offenders invites us to rethink the received wisdom on violent and sexual offenders, who seem so feared and so widely debated in this era of unparalleled affluence. Invaluable for students of criminology and sociology of risk.
Local Note	EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text
Language	English.
Subject	Recidivists.
	Violent offenders.
	Violent crimes -- Social aspects.
	Danger perception.
	Risk perception.
	Criminal law -- Social aspects.
	Punishment -- Social aspects.
	Criminal behavior, Prediction of.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
	Criminal behavior, Prediction of. (OCoLC)fst00883179
	Criminal law -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00883359
	Danger perception. (OCoLC)fst00887634
	Punishment -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01084129
	Recidivists. (OCoLC)fst01091375
	Risk perception. (OCoLC)fst01098190
	Violent crimes -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01167330
	Violent offenders. (OCoLC)fst01167339
Added Author	Brown, Mark, 1965- editor.
	Pratt, John, editor.
Other Form:	Print version: Dangerous offenders. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 0415200474 (DLC) 99057701 (OCoLC)42810873
ISBN	0203190599 (electronic book)
	9780203190593 (electronic book)
	0203135741 (electronic book)
	9780203135747 (electronic book)
	0415200482 (Paper)
	9780415200479
	0415200474
	9780415200486
	0415200482
	0415200474

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