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Informationen zum Autor Kevin D. Haggerty is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Alberta! Canada! Aaron Doyle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University! Canada and Janet Chan is Professor and President of the Academic Board at the University of New South Wales! Australia Criminology lost a world leader with the untimely death of Richard Ericson in 2007. Ericson was one of the most prolific, influential and widely-cited criminologists of his generation. This title presents a sampling of Ericson's work on such topics as juvenile justice, policing, the courts, the media, the insurance industry, and national security. Zusammenfassung Criminology lost a world leader with the untimely death of Richard Ericson in 2007. Ericson was one of the most prolific, influential and widely-cited criminologists of his generation. This title presents a sampling of Ericson's work on such topics as juvenile justice, policing, the courts, the media, the insurance industry, and national security. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Being free; Social distance and reaction to criminality; The occupational environment of detective work; Dealing with victim-complainants; Order out of court II: the position of the accused and the plea decision (with Patricia M. Baranek); Patrolling the facts: secrecy and publicity in police work; Media and markets (with Patricia M. Baranek and Janet B.L. Chan); How journalists visualize fact; The moral hazards of neo-liberalism: lessons from the private insurance industry (with Dean Barry and Aaron Doyle); The policing of risk (with Kevin D. Haggerty); Uncertainties of earthquakes: absorbing risk! mitigation! and infrastructure (with Aaron Doyle); National security; Name Index.
