Politics and public protection

Sitting at the extreme end of criminal justice and offending behaviour, public protection policy has been politicised and used to reshape wider debates. Exploring the development of public protection policy and legislation since the early 1990s, Politics and Public Protection considers the necessity...

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Main Authors Nash, Mike (Author), Williams, Andy (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
SeriesEmerald advances in historical criminology.
Subjects
Criminology > Political aspects.
Public safety > Political aspects.
Social Science > Criminology.
Crime and criminology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781837535309
DOI10.1108/9781837535286
Physical Description1 online resource (264 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Part one. What is dangerousness? Introduction: Dangerousness, politics and public protection
  • Chapter 1. The dangerous offender population
  • Part two. Public protections responses
  • Chapter 2. Legislation: To punish, to protect and what?
  • Chapter 3. The agencies of public protection: Prisons, parole and the police prison service
  • Chapter 4. The probation service: At the heart of everything?
  • Part three. Other dangerous groups
  • Chapter 5. Mentally ill and personality disordered offenders
  • Chapter 6. Terrorism and terror related offenders
  • Part four. Current issues and trends in public protection
  • Chapter 7. Serious further offending: Hindsight bias and political scapegoating
  • Chapter 8. Citizen led public protection: The public's response to bad public protection politics conclusion.

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