Policing the Risk Society - Ericson, Richard V (Professor of Law

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Résumé :
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...

Biographie:

• Introduction


• I. Policing


• 1: Policing as Risk Communication


• 2: Policing, Risk, and Law


• 3: Community Policing and Risk Communications


• II. The Risk Society


• 4: Risk Discourse


• 5: Risk Institutions


• 6: Risk and Social Change


• III. Risks to Territories


• 7: Tracing Territories


• 8: Mobilizing Territories


• 9: Territorial Communities


• IV. Risks to Securities, Careers, and Identities


• 10: Securities


• 11: Careers


• 12: Identities


• V. Risks to Police Organization


• 13: Knowledge Risk Management


• 14: Communication Rules


• 15: Communication Formats


• 16: Communication Ideologies


• Summary and Conclusions


• References


• Index