Overview
- Explores risk, criminal justice and prevention in the context of a dramatically changing political context
- Includes chapters from a range of distinguished, international contributors
- Examines subjects like 'risky populations’, crimmigration, risk-based penality, and the relationship between dangerousness, hostile politics and criminalisation
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society (PSRCS)
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This book examines the impact and implications of the relationship between risk and criminal justice in advanced liberal democracies, in the context of the ‘revolt against uncertainty’ which has underpinned the rise of populist politics across these societies in recent years. It asks what impact the demands for more certainty and security, and the insistence that national identity be reasserted, will have on criminal law and penal policy. Drawing upon contributions made at a symposium held at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in November 2018, this edited collection also discusses the way in which risk has come to inform sentencing practices, broader criminal justice processes and the critical issues associated with this. It also examines the growth and making of new ‘risky populations’ and the harnessing of risk-prevention logics, techniques and mechanisms which have inflated the influence of risk on criminal justice.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Dynamics of Risk Assessment and Preventive Justice
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New Dimensions of Risk
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
John Pratt is Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His fields of research are comparative penology and the history and sociology of punishment. He has published in eleven languages and has been invited to lecture at universities in South America, North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. His books include Punishment and Civilization (2002), Penal Populism (2007) and Contrasts in Punishment (2013).
Jordan Anderson is currently completing her PhD in Criminology at the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research focuses on risk and dangerousness in modern society, with particular attention to post-sentence regulation of sex offenders in New Zealand. Jordan’s research interests include risk, post-sentence regulation, sentencing, and youth justice.
Jordan Anderson is currently completing her PhD in Criminology at the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research focuses on risk and dangerousness in modern society, with particular attention to post-sentence regulation of sex offenders in New Zealand. Jordan’s research interests include risk, post-sentence regulation, sentencing, and youth justice.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Criminal Justice, Risk and the Revolt against Uncertainty
Editors: John Pratt, Jordan Anderson
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37948-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37947-6Published: 18 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37950-6Published: 18 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-37948-3Published: 17 March 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-2517
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 354
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Crime Prevention, Prison and Punishment, Criminal Behavior, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Public Policy, Human Rights and Crime