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Zusatztext "Ericson and Haggarty's work...provides a much needed assessment of the lattice work for policing the risk society." Klappentext In this provocative new book, Richard Ericson and Kevin Haggerty contend that the police have become information brokers to institutions such as insurance companies and health and welfare organisations that operate based on a knowledge of risk. In turn, these institutions influence the ways that police officers think and act. A critical review of existing research reveals the need to study police interaction with institutions as well as individuals. These institutions are part of an emerging "risk society" where knowledge of risk is used to control danger. The authors examine different aspects of police involvement; the use of surveillance technologies, and the collection of data on securities, careers, and different social, ethnic, age, and gender groups. They conclude by looking at how police organisations have been forced to develop new communications rules and technologies to meet external demands for knowledge of risk. With this book, the authors revolutionise the study of policing, and their work will impact heavily on scholars in criminology, social theory, and communications as well as policing and the public. Zusammenfassung This book contends that the police have become information brokers to institutions such as insurance companies and health and welfare organisations that operate based on knowledge of risk. In turn, these institutions influence the ways that police officers think and act. The authors examine different aspects of police involvement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. Policing 1: Policing as Risk Communication 2: Policing, Risk, and Law 3: Community Policing and Risk Communications II. The Risk Society 4: Risk Discourse 5: Risk Institutions 6: Risk and Social Change III. Risks to Territories 7: Tracing Territories 8: Mobilizing Territories 9: Territorial Communities IV. Risks to Securities, Careers, and Identities 10: Securities 11: Careers 12: Identities V. Risks to Police Organization 13: Knowledge Risk Management 14: Communication Rules 15: Communication Formats 16: Communication Ideologies Summary and Conclusions References Index ...
