{"product_id":"crime-in-an-insecure-world-9780745638294","title":"Crime in an Insecure World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrime in an Insecure World investigates the alarming trend across Western societies of treating every imaginable source of harm as a crime. It locates this trend in the 21st century obsession with insecurity fostered by neo-liberal governments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of how nations exploit and negotiate risk. It also provides a powerful analysis of mass criminalisation across the globe and will therefore be a fascinating read for academics and for policymakers.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —\u003cb\u003eSimon Davies, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"As the title suggests, Richard Ericson’s Crime in an Insecure World captures the central developments facing late modern society, all of which contribute to the decline of criminal law. Ericson delivers a deep and compelling analysis of an unraveling civil society that produces not only a culture of control but also a culture of suspicion. Written in a straightforward style, the book helps us understand how structural realignments in a neo-liberal regime shape our perceptions of crime and disorder.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —\u003cb\u003eMichael Welch, \u003ci\u003eLondon School of Economics and Political Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Crime in an Insecure World demonstrates all the virtues of clarity and scholarship that we have come to expect in Ericson’s work. In this timely statement these are joined with a more urgent, morally engaged, even prophetic voice. Ericson urges us to see more clearly that our yearning for an impossible security may yet prove ruinous for our legal order, our civil society and indeed the very safety that we so crave. This powerful and cogent analysis deserves the widest possible audience.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —\u003cb\u003eRichard Sparks, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Edinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations and Figures.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Crime in an Insecure World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 National Security.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Social Security.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Corporate Security.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Domestic Security.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Insecurity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862919119191,"sku":"9780745638294","price":21.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745638294.jpg?v=1759919092","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crime-in-an-insecure-world-9780745638294","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}