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Dangerous Offenders

Pratt, John, Brown, Mark

2000,2002

Overview

This highly controversial new book considers how the dangerous offender has become such a figure of collective anxiety for the citizens of rationalised Western societies. The authors consider: * ideas of danger and social threat in historical perspective * legal responses to violent criminals * attempts to predict dangerous behaviour * why particular groups, such as women, remain at risk from violent crime. This inspired collection invites us to rethink the received wisdom on dangerous offenders, and will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of criminology and the sociology of Risk. 'This volume presents a solid framework of current data and theoretical analyses of the meaning of 'dangerousness' in the current political and penal climate. At the same time, it illuminates many of the puzzles, with which professionals have to wrestle.' - Current Issues in Criminal Justice Mark Brown is lecturer in Criminology at the University of Melbourne. John Pratt is reader in Criminology at the Victoria University of Melbourne.

• Publisher: Routledge,Taylor and Francis,Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: Criminal behavior, Prediction of / Criminal law / Criminal law -- Social aspects / Criminology and Criminal Justice / Danger perception / Dangerously mentally ill / Insane, Criminal and dangerous / Punishment / Punishment -- Social aspects / Recidivists / Risk perception / Social aspects / Sociology & Social Policy / Violent crimes / Violent crimes -- Social aspects / Violent offenders
• ISBN: 0415200482, 9780415200486, 0415200474, 9780415200479