Understanding the Risk Society: Crime, Security and Justice

by Gabriel Mythen

Book Overview

A penetrating account of the impacts of risk on everyday life - combining a theoretically informed overview of the regulation of crime and security in the modern world, with a critical evaluation of the efficacy of competing perspectives on risk, and an authoritative appraisal of the place of risk within the social sciences.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230555322
• ISBN13: 9780230555327
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"