Policing the Risk Society

Richard V. Ericson; Kevin D. Haggerty

Published by University of Toronto Press 1997

Policing the Risk Society

Richard V. Ericson and Kevin D. Haggerty

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442678590

About this book

Ericson and 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.

Author / Editor information

Ericson Richard V. :

The late Richard V. Ericson was Principal of Green College, University of British Columbia, a centre for interdisciplinary scholarship and graduate education.

Haggerty Kevin D. :

Kevin D. Haggerty is a member of Green College and a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of British Columbia.

Reviews

David Garland, Centre for Law and Society, University of Edinburgh:

'Extends the "risk theory" literature into new and important areas, while offering a radical reconception of police work and organization.'

Jerome H. Skolnick, visiting Distinguished Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York:

'Extends the "risk theory" literature into new and important areas, while offering a radical reconception of police work and organization.'

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Roger Hood Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. Policing
1. Policing as Risk Communications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Policing, Risk, and Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3. Community Policing and Risk Communications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
PART II. The Risk Society
4. Risk Discourse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5. Risk Institutions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
6. Risk and Social Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
PART III. Risks to Territories
7. Tracing Territories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
8. Mobilizing Territories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
9. Territorial Communities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
PART IV. Risks to Securities, Careers, and Identities
10. Securities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
11. Careers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
12. Identities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
PART V. Risks to Police Organization
13. Knowledge Risk Management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
14. Communication Rules Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
15. Communication Formats Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
16. Communication Technologies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	388
Summary and Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	426
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	453
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	471

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 448

eBook

Published: May 1, 1997
ISBN: 9781442678590