Beschreibung:
This book examines our contemporary preoccupation with risk and how criminal law and punishment have been transformed as a result of these anxieties. It adopts an historical approach to examine the development of risk control measures used across the US, UK, New Zealand, Australia and Canada - particularly since the 1980's - with the rise of the "security sanction". It also takes a criminological and sociological approach to analysing shifts in criminal law and punishment and its implications for contemporary society and criminal justice systems.
1. Introduction.- 2. "Never Again".- 3. Set Risk Free.- 4. The Celebration of Risk.- 5. Fear and Anxiety in the Risk Society.- 6. The Rise of the Security Sanction.- 7. Issues of Legitimacy - Legal and Political.- 8. The Revolt against Uncertainty.- 9. The End.