| Description |
1 online resource |
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Routledge frontiers of criminal justice ; 28 |
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Routledge frontiers of criminal justice ; 28.
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| Contents |
Introduction: pre-crime : pre-emption, precaution and the future -- Before pre-crime -- Risking the future : pre-emption, precaution and uncertainty -- Pre-empting justice : pre-crime, precaution and counterterrorism -- Pre-crime science, technology and surveillance -- Evidence to intelligence : justice through the crystal ball -- Creating terror : pre-crime, undercover agents and informants -- Pre-crime : securing a just future |
| Summary |
Pre-crime aims to pre-empt 'would-be-criminals' and predict future crime. Although the term is borrowed from science fiction, the drive to predict and pre-empt crime is a present-day reality. This book critically explores this major twenty-first century development in crime and justice.This first in-depth study of pre-crime defines and describes different types of pre-crime and compares it to traditional post-crime and crime risk approaches. It analyses the rationales that underpin pre-crime as a response to threats, particularly terrorism, and shows how it is spreading to other areas. It also |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record cip data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Crime prevention.
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Law enforcement -- Technological innovations
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Law enforcement -- Information technology
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Crime prevention
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Law enforcement -- Technological innovations
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Kriminalität
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Prävention
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Bekämpfung
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Prognose
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Kriminologie
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Großbritannien
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Australien
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wilson, Dean, 1966-
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| LC no. |
2020691055 |
| ISBN |
9781315769714 |
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1315769719 |
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9781317670230 |
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131767023X |
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9781317670247 |
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1317670248 |
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113878169X |
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9781138781696 |
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