Handbook of Public Protection PDF
497 Pages·2010·3.757 MB·English
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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. Its high public profile and consequent political sensitivity means that growing numbers of criminal justice professionals find their daily workload dominated by the assessment and management of high risk of harm offenders. Developments such as sex offender registers and (in the UK) Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (Mappa) have made this issue not only a core activity for police, probation and prison services, but to a range of other orga. Read more... Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Part One: The Context of Public Protection; Introduction; Chapter 1 'Dangers by being despised grow great'; Chapter 2 Theorising dangerousness; Chapter 3 The politics of public protection; Part Two: Assessing and Managing Risk; Introduction; Chapter 4 Forensic risk assessment: Public protection versus offender rights; Chapter 5 Discretion and decision-making in public protection; Chapter 6 An epistemological chasm? Acturial risk assement through OASys
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