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Risk Balance and Security (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,462
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Risk Balance and Security (Hardcover): Erin Gibbs Van Brunschot, Leslie W. Kennedy

Risk Balance and Security (Hardcover)

Erin Gibbs Van Brunschot, Leslie W. Kennedy

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In confronting risk, individuals and all agencies cannot simply respond with endless resources in mitigating the damage that hazards engender-they have to establish a balance. Risk Balance and Security combines the conceptual underpinnings of risk assessment and management at both the individual and agency level with a clear analysis of how these relate to challenges faced in responding to crime, terrorism, public health threats, and environmental disasters. With a new understanding of how decisions are made about threats and hazards, and how this understanding may be applied in our preparedness, prevention, and response strategies, we will be able to better conceptualize our task for enhancing security in the future. 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. Intended Audience 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.

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Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2007
First published: July 2007
Authors: Erin Gibbs Van Brunschot • Leslie W. Kennedy
Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-1-4129-4069-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN: 1-4129-4069-9
Barcode: 9781412940696

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