The Safety Utopia Contemporary Discontent and Desire as to Crime and Punishment /

• Main Author: Boutellier, Hans (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Philosophy.; Probabilities.; Law > Philosophy.; Law.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Social Sciences, general.; Philosophy, general.

My ?rst encounter with the world of crime and punishment was more than two decades ago, and it has since undergone vast changes. No one could have foreseen that crime-related problems would occupy such a prominent position in cultural awareness. Crime is on the rise, the public attention devoted to...

Table of Contents:

• Morality and Risks
• Realistic Discontent and Utopian Desire
• The Safety Utopia
• Characters and Manifestations
• The Pornographic Context of Sex Crimes
• Senseless Violence and the Sound of Silent Marches
• The Controversial Victim and the Offender
• Punishment, Control and Democracy
• The Changing Significance of Criminal Justice
• Criminal Proceedings as Tragedy
• Democratic Safety Policy
• Closing Comments.