Author: Brown, Mark & Pratt, John; editors:
Title: Dangerous Offenders: Punishment and Social Order
Description: London / New York, Routledge, (2000). orig.boards. 24x16cm, ix,197 pp. Minor rubbing, slight binding corner bumps & soil, VG. ¶ Contains 10 papers. Includes: P. O'Malley "Risk Societies & the Government of Crime"; J. Pratt "Dangerousness & Modern Society"; A. Freiberg " Guerrillas in our Midst? Judicial Responses to Governing the Dangerous"; E.Janus "Civil Commitment as Social Control: Managing the Risk of Sexual Violence"; M. Brown "Calculations of Risk in Contemporary Penal Practice"; R. Broadhurst "Criminal Careers, Sex Offending & Dangerousness"; R. Sparks "Risk & Blame in Criminal Justice Controversies: British Press Coverage & Official Discourse on Prison Security (1993-6)"; E. Stanko "Naturalising Danger: Women, Fear & Personal Safety"; A. Sutton "Drugs & Dangerousness: Perception & Management of Risk in the Neo-Liberal Era"; N. Christie " Dangerous States".

Keywords: Criminal Justice, Criminology, Violent Crime, Recidivists, Danger Perception, Penology, Penal Sociology, Punishment, Behavior Prediction