Risk Balance and Security
- Erin Gibbs Van Brunschot - University of Calgary, Canada
- Leslie W. Kennedy - Rutgers University, USA
Key Features
- Links theoretical ideas with real world examples: Clear discussions are presented of how risk is constructed in modern society and why that is important in our efforts to develop strategies to enhance security.
- Provides an interdisciplinary treatment of risk: To capture the realities facing public security today, ideas are drawn from a number of different disciplines.
- Illustrates real applications of solutions to security problems: Students are shown how agencies are dealing with specific threats to security.
- Compares individual-level and institutional-level assessments of risk and security: These divergences enable readers to appreciate the complexities of establishing security.
This is an excellent text for undergraduate and graduate courses such as Disaster Research, Security, Police Studies, Emergency Planning, and Crime and Public Policy in the departments of criminology, criminal justice, political science, and public health.
| Security Matters |
| Risk Positions |
| Approaching Security |
| Modelling Security |
| Studying Security from Many Perspectives |
| Conclusion |
| Notes to Chapter 1 |
| The Values of Security |
| The Invention of Risk Society |
| The Context of Risk Society |
| Applying Risk Society to Risk Balance |
| Culture and Messages About Security |
| Judging Hazards, Threats, and Risks |
| Experts |
| Routines, Experts, and Trust |
| Types of Resources |
| Security From What? |
| Security for Whom? |
| Conclusion |
| Notes to Chapter 2 |
| How Much Crime and How Can It Be Addressed |
| Policing and Crime Risk |
| Protecting the Public: Community Policing and Intelligence-Led Policing |
| Who Polices Whom? |
| Security Against Crime |
| Profiling Offenders |
| Profiling Victims |
| Assessing Crime Information |
| Profiling Routines, Spaces, and Places |
| Preventing Crime? |
| Crime Events and Risk Balance |
| Conclusion |
| Notes to Chapter 3 |
| Terrorism and Security |
| Who Are the Terrorists and What Threat Do They Pose? |
| Globalization |
| Who "We" Are |
| Intelligence: Information and Knowledge |
| "We Have Some Planes..." |
| Dealing With Vulnerability |
| Identification of Vulnerability and Vulnerability-Producting Mechanisms |
| Raising Awareness of Vulnerabiity |
| Accurate Information |
| Readiness and Response |
| Conclusion |
| Notes to Chapter 4 |
| The Physical Landscape: Health |
| In Sickness and in Health |
| Jurisdiction and Spillover Effects |
| Brakes and Accelerators in the Local and Global Health Environments |
| Terrorist Events as Health Events |
| Summary |
| The Physical Landscape: The Environment |
| Defining Environmental Security |
| Power and Knowledge |
| The Blurry Boundaries Between Natural, Man-Made, and Other Disasters |
| The Evolution of Disaster |
| The Evolution of Hurricane Katrina |
| The Mitigation Stage |
| The Preparedness Stage |
| The Response Stage |
| The Recovery Stage |
| The Complications of Hurricane Katrina |
| Vulnerable Risk Positions |
| Communication Breakdowns |
| Failed Leadership |
| Summary |
| Conclusion |
| Notes to Chapter 5 |
| Preparedness and Readiness |
| Insurance |
| Crisis Drills and Table Top Exercises: Imagining Dire Consequences |
| Cross-Agency Cooperation |
| Response |
| First Responders and Victims |
| Leadership in Response |
| The Media and Response Coordination |
| Recovery and Prevention |
| Litigation |
| Goverment Compensation |
| Returning to Normal: Re-Establishing Routines |
| Conclusion |
| Notes to Chapter 6 |
| Becoming Secure: What Have We Learned? |
| Establishing Security |
| Practical Steps to Security |
| Principle 1. Choise |
| Principle 2. Decision-Making |
| Principle 3. Cooperation |
| Principle 4. Planning |
| Principle 5. Institutional Learning |
| Principle 6. Communication |
| Concluding Thoughts |
| References |
| Suggested Readings |
An excellent summary of theory and concepts
Good book for understanding security and associated risk in a broader sense
This book will be used by my phd students who research risk. It is well written. The authors are very well informed and write lucidly. A must for all beginners and adanced students of risk management.
A useful text, applies risk in a variety of settings. Explains the connection between risk and security in contemporary society
A very useful text for Security and Risk Management students.
A useful book for the event management course, but not as specific to this field as I would have liked. Some sections of the book were quite in depth and offered some insightful information with particular emphasis on the terrorist threat. Placed on the supplemental list.
Hopefully this book will help my students to understand the relevance of risk in contemporary CJ
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