Magazine article from our research archive:
|
|
Dangerous Offenders: Punishment and Social Order
- Article from:
-
The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
- Article date:
-
August 1, 2002
- Author:
-
|
Copyright informationCopyright Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, c/o Concordia University Department of Sociology and Anthropology Aug 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
MARK BROWN and JOHN PRATT (eds.), Dangerous Offenders: Punishment and Social Order. London and New York: Routledge, 2000, ix + 197 p.
Organized into four parts, this collection takes a critical approach towards penology and corrections. Unlike the usual practice of new-penology literature, which uses risk and danger to describe penal populations, the editors situate risk and danger in larger political and social contexts, as well as supply illustrative examples. The first, mainly theoretical, part of the book outlines the history of "risk" and "dangerousness." The second and third parts, largely empirical, outline how different countries have taken up the notions and implications of risk ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
CA Teams with PricewaterhouseCoopers on a Joint Governance, Risk and...
Wireless News;
November 27, 2008 ;
700+ words
......PricewaterhouseCoopers on a Joint Governance, Risk and Compliance Solution WIRELESS NEWS-November...PricewaterhouseCoopers on a Joint Governance, Risk and Compliance Solution (C)2008 10Meters...PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to deliver a joint governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solution to help ...
|
|
Sleeping pills that 'double' risk of car crash the next day.
The Daily Mail (London, England);
November 25, 2008 ;
576 words
......of Britons could more than double their risk of road accidents, scientists have found...linked with a four-fold increase in the risk of a smash. But the team, from the Norwegian...weeks at a time were at just as high a risk - and for some, a higher risk - than those...
|
|
ROUTINE TESTING AFTER ANEURYSM COILING CARRIES LOW RISK
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
November 18, 2008 ;
700+ words
......the following news release: A very low risk of complication is associated with a routine...treatment of brain aneurysms carries a very low risk of complication," says Andrew Ringer, MD...endovascular neurosurgery at UC. "Because the risk is small, routine angiography should not...
|
|
NSW: Breakthroug protein test will reduce risk of premature birth
AAP General News (Australia);
November 29, 2008 ;
137 words
...NSW: Breakthroug protein test will reduce risk of premature birth The NSW government says...Royal North Shore Hospital will reduce the risk of premature and still births. NSW Health...mothers .. which could identify babies at risk of being born malnourished. Malnourished...
|
|
TV PRIZE KIDNEY 'CARRIES A RISK OF CANCER'.
The Daily Mail (London, England);
June 1, 2007 ;
200 words
......hoping to win a kidney on a controversial TV show would run a high risk of contracting cancer if the transplant went ahead, a hospital...tumours like the one this woman is said to be suffering from, the risk of spreading the cancer in a healthy body is too great.' Revulsion...
|
|
Study: Attending Prayers Cuts Risk of Death.
Israel Faxx;
November 27, 2008 ;
220 words
......attendance at religious services reduces the risk of death by approximately 20 percent. The...as much as a 20% decrease in the overall risk of mortality for those attending religious...per week showed a 20 percent mortality risk reduction mark compared with those not...
|
|
NOW, A TEST TO LOWER RISK OF PREMATURE AND STILL BIRTHS
The Hindustan Times;
November 29, 2008 ;
386 words
......developing a new test that will reduce the risk of premature and still births. New South...mothers that can tell if unborn babies are at risk of being born malnourished Almost one in...babies fail to grow properly and are at risk of pre-term birth, stillbirth, learning...
|
|
Enex Uses Palisade's Risk Analysis Software To Maximise Expected Financial...
M2 Presswire;
November 27, 2008 ;
700+ words
......2008-Palisade Corp: Enex Uses Palisade's Risk Analysis Software To Maximise Expected...The DecisionTools Suite is Palisade's risk and decision analysis software package...before the wells are drilled, there is a risk it may never be used or could be under...
|
|
Junk food may raise your risk of getting Alzheimer's; Dying for a burger...
The Daily Mail (London, England);
November 29, 2008 ;
470 words
......MacRae EATING junk food could increase your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, research...eating healthily is key to reducing your risk of dementia. 'It's important to eat less...and meat has been shown to reduce your risk of dementia by as much as 30 per cent...
|
|
No link between STI risk and circumcision.(UPDATE)(sexually transmitted...
International Family Planning Perspectives;
September 1, 2008 ;
203 words
......circumcision is not associated with women's risk of acquiring chlamydia, gonorrhea or trichomonas...country, there were no differences in women's risk of infection (each or any) by their primary...AN et al., Male circumcision and women's risk of incident chlamydial, gonococcal, and...
|
|
Hand washing may reduce the risk of infant death in home births in...
International Family Planning Perspectives;
September 1, 2008 ;
700+ words
......vast majority of births occur at home, the risk of neonatal mortality is significantly reduced...and mothers both cleaned their hands, the risk of infant death was decreased by nearly half (relative risk, 0.6). Hand washing has long been a recommended...
|
|
RIMS, Tillinghast to split on risk survey.(Risk and Insurance Management...
National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;
December 22, 1997 ;
574 words
...The Risk and Insurance Management Society and Tillinghast-Towe...as cosponsors of the influential Cost of Risk Survey, according to representatives of both...Tillinghast-towers Perrin Plans to evolve the `Cost of Risk Survey' beyond hazard risk into other risk...
|
|
Female smokers put major artery at risk
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;
November 30, 2008 ;
242 words
...Women who smoke have a significantly higher risk of suffering a potentially fatal rupture of the aorta, the main...analysis said. Older women and those with high blood pressure are at risk for undiagnosed aneurysms, as well as those who smoke, Curb said...
|
|
NSW: Breakthrough protein test will reduce risk of premature birth
AAP General News (Australia);
November 29, 2008 ;
520 words
......Breakthrough protein test will reduce risk of premature birth SYDNEY, Nov 29 AAP...Royal North Shore Hospital will reduce the risk of premature and still births, say the...mothers which could identify babies at risk of being born malnourished, says NSW Health...
|
|
Reducing risk
Service Management;
September 1, 2008 ;
700+ words
......compliance, a highly complex area involving risk and health and safety assessments, and...importance of easing the assessment of risk amongst other important checks to ensure...Failure to focus on easing them can run the risk of failing to meet duty of care legislation...
|
See all results.
Or, try our
Advanced Search.
|