This book presents new empirical and conceptual work on the questions of fear, anxiety, risk and trust - both as problems of everyday living and as key themes in the culture and politics of contemporary western societies.
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This book presents new empirical and conceptual work on the questions of fear, anxiety, risk and trust - both as problems of everyday living and as key themes in the culture and politics of contemporary western societies.
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New. 0415243440. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--275 pages--TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: risk, insecurity and the politics of law and order 1 * Pt. 1 Private troubles: risk, crime and everyday life 11 * 1 Victims R Us: the life history of 'fear of crime' and the politicisation of violence 13 * 2 The role of anxiety in fear of crime 31 * 3 Trust and the problem of community in the inner city 50 * 4 After success? Anxieties of affluence in an English village 65 * 5 Inequality and the clubbing of private security 83 * 6 No more happy endings? The media and popular concern about crime since the Second World War 107 * Pt. 2 Public issues: the new politics of order 127 * 7 Perspectives on risk and penal politics 129 * 8 Social conflict and the microphysics of crime: the experience of the Emilia-Romagna Citta sicure project 146 * 9 Criminal victimisation and social adaptation in modernity: fear of crime and risk perception in the new Germany 166 * 10 The pursuit of security 200 * 11 Some day our prince will come: zero-tolerance policing and liberal government 215 * 12 William Horton's long shadow: 'punitiveness' and 'managerialism' in the penal politics of Massachusetts, 1988-99 238 * Notes 252 * Index 268. --with a bonus offer--
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9780415243445.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains highlighter markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9780415243445.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains highlighter markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9780415243445.
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