Risk societies and the government of crime / Pat O'Malley-- Dangerousness and modern society / John Pratt-- Guerrillas in our midst: Judicial responses to governing the dangerous / Arie Freiberg-- Civil commitment as social control: Managing the risk of sexual violence / Eric Janus -- Calculations of risk in contemporary penal practice / Mark Brown-- Criminal careers sex offending and dangerousness / Roderic Broadhurst-- Risk and blame in criminal justice controversies: British press coverage and official discourse on prison security 1993-6 / Richard Sparks -- Naturalising danger: Women fear and personal safety / Elizabeth Stanko -- Drugs and dangerousness: Perception and management of risk in the neo-liberal era / Adam Sutton -- Dangerous states / Nils Christie
Summary
Dangerous Offenders invites us to rethink the received wisdom on violent and sexual offenders, who seem so feared and so widely debated in this era of unparalleled affluence. Invaluable for students of criminology and sociology of risk
