| Description | | - Policing is a subject of perennial interest but it is especially topical at the moment with a lot of television and other media time devoted to its various aspects
- This book looks at how the information technology age has affected policing. Again, it is a highly topical issue
- The book has a wide appeal because it contributes not only to studies of policing, but also to communication studies and to social theory
| | 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; the use of surveillance technologies and the collection of data on securities, careers and different social, ethnic, age and gender groups. They conclude by looking at
how police organizations have been forced to develop new communications rules and technologies to meet external demands for knowledge of risk. This is the first book in this field to include detailed evidence of some of the central tenets of the risk society. It also includes a sophisticated examination of the risk society theory that will advance readers' knowledge considerably. With this book,
the authors revolutionize the study of policing, and their work will impact heavily on scholars in criminology, social theory, and communications as well as policing and the public. |
Readership: The book will appeal to all students of criminology, criminal justice, social policy, and for those students on police courses. Community representatives, police officers, and policy makers will also find it a useful addition to their libraries.
| Contents |
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
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Richard V. Ericson, Professor of Law, Professor Sociology and Principal of Green College, University of British Columbia and
Kevin D. Haggerty, member of Green College, Doctoral Candidate, University of British Columbia
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