Governing Security: Explorations of Policing and Justice / Edition 1

by Clifford D. Shearing, Les Johnston

Overview

Government has been radically transformed over the past few decades. These transformations have been mirrored in, and often prefigured by, changes in the governance of security - mentalities, institutions, technologies and practices used to promote secure environments. This book traces the nature of these governmental changes by looking at security. It examines a variety of related questions, including:

* What'significant changes have occurred in the governance of security?
* What implications do these changes have for collective life?
* What new imaginings may be needed to reshape security?
* What ethical factors need to be considered in formulating such new imaginings?

The authors conclude bringing together descriptive, explanatory and normative considerations to access how justice can be conceived within the governance of security.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415149624
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/28/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Les Johnston, Clifford Shearing

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Dimensions of Governance, Philip Stenning; Chapter 3 The Punishment Mentality and Coercive Technologies; Chapter 4 Historical Shifts in Security Governance; Chapter 5 Corporate Initiatives; Chapter 6 Zero-Tolerance, Community Policing and Part nership; Chapter 7 Security Governance in Britain; Chapter 8 Nodal Governance, Security and Justice;