Dangerous Offenders - Paperback / softback

This highly controversial new book considers how the dangerous offender has become such a figure of collective anxiety for the citizens of rationalised Western societies. The authors consider* ideas of danger and social threat in historical perspectiv* legal responses to violent criminal* attempts to predict dangerous behaviou* why particular groups, such as women, remain at risk from violent crimeThis inspired collection invites us to rethink the received wisdom on dangerous offenders, and will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of criminology and the sociology of Risk.