Crime and Risk

by Patrick O'Malley

Over recent years, the governance of crime - from policing and crime prevention to sentencing and prison organization - has moved away from a focus on reforming offenders toward preventing crime and managing behavior using predictive and distributional (i.e. risk) techniques.

Crime and Risk presents a lively discussion of risk-taking and risk strategies in the domains of crime and criminal justice. It outlines the broad theoretical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847873510
• ISBN13: 9781847873514
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.6"