Crime and Terrorism Risk (eBook, ePUB)

Studies in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Redaktion: Kennedy, Leslie W.; Mcgarrell, Edmund F.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Crime and Terrorism Risk is a collection of original essays and articles that presents a broad overview of the issues related to the assessment and management of risk in the new security age. These original articles show how researchers, experts and the public are beginning to think about crime and terrorism issues in terms of a new risk paradigm that emphasizes establishing a balance between threat and resources in developing prevention and response strategies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135851910
• Artikelnr.: 38252740

Autorenporträt

Leslie W. Kennedy is University Professor of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University. He is also the Director of the Rutgers Center on Public Security. Dr. Kennedy's current research in public security builds upon his previous research in event analysis and understanding the social contexts in which hazards to society are identified and deterred. Edmund F. McGarrell is Professor and Director of the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Dr. McGarrell co-chairs the Michigan State University Risk Research Initiative: Risk, Values, and Decisions. In this role, he is collaborating with faculty from a variety of fields in research on environmental and natural resource crime, supply chain security, and law enforcement intelligence.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Overview of Risk Assessment and Management 2. Examining the Social
Construction of Risk 3. Risk Assessment in Prevention and Response 4. Risk
Management 5. Developing Risk Metrics 6. Risk Tolerance and Acceptability
7. Case Studies