Handbook of Public Protection

ISBN-13: 9781843928508 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 496 str.

Mike Nash

Opis

Public protection has become an increasingly central theme in the work of the criminal justice agencies in many parts of the world in recent years. This book brings together leading authorities in the field to provide authoritative coverage of the theory and practice of public protection, both in the UK and internationally.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: The Context of Public Protection  Introduction  1. Dangers by Being Despised Grow Great  2. Theorising Dangerousness  3. The Politics of Public Protection  Part 2: Assessing and Managing Risk  Introduction  4. Forensic Risk Assessment: Public Protection Versus Offender Rights  5. Discretion and Decision-making in Public Protection  6. An Epistemological Chasm? Actuarial Risk assessment through OASys  7. Public Protection: Perpetrators, Predictions, Prevention and Performance  Part 3: Doing the Job  Introduction  8. Public Protection and the Parole Board  9. Community Protection and Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements  10. Public Protection Work: Achieving the Possible  11. Sex Offender Management in the Community: Who are the Victims?  Part 4: A Comparative Perspective  Introduction  12. Public Protection and Community Safety in the Netherlands  13. Public Protection in Scotland: A Way Forward?  14. Sex Offender Notification: Policy Imperatives, Effectiveness and Consequences in the USA  15. The Preventive State: When is Prevention of Harm Harmful?  Part 5: Contemporary Issues in Public Protection  16. Electronic Monitoring, Satellite Tracking and Public Protection  17. Hate Crime Offending and Victimisation: Some Considerations for Public Protection  18. Punitive Policies on Sexual Offending: From Public Shaming to Public Protection  19. Policing, Public Protection and Minority Groups  20. Young Offenders and Public Protection  21. Public Protectionism and 'Sarah's Law': Exerting Pressure Through Single Issue Campaigns

O autorze

Nash, Mike; Williams, Andy