Justice in the Risk Society: Challenging and Re-affirming ′Justice′ in Late Modernity - Softcover

Hudson, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761961607 ISBN 13: 9780761961604

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

The book is a unique combination of criminology, politics and philosophy which can be recommended' - Network, Newsletter of the British Sociological Association 'Hudson's Justice in the Risk Society is stunning in the depth and breadth of its scholarship. In examining the challenges the risk society presents for established conceptions of justice she compels a profound rethinking of what justice does, and can, mean. Her analysis will frame and inspire future debate' - Clifford Shearing, Professor, Law Program, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University 'Remarkably comprehensive, ambitious in its scope and morally compelling. Barbara Hudson draws skilfully from a wide range of frameworks . . . She asks fundamental questions about the nature of justice and argues for a radical rethink of liberalism. She explores complex subject matter in a clear and accessible fashion. This excellent book will surely reinvigorate theoretical thinking on the nature of punishment for years to come' - Kieran McEvoy, Professor of Law and Transitional Justice, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast 'The book makes an important contribution to the development of new perspectives on justice and provides a rigorous analysis of political and ethical theories that will be highly relevant to criminology and penology students, academics, criminal justice practitioners and policy makers' - SOCLAG Legal Journal How much of a threat does society's preoccupation with 'risk' pose to the ideal of 'justice'? Innovations in control and in penal policy are increasingly dominated by the theme of public protection, motivated by the aim of controlling risk rather than the aim of enhancing social justice. In Justice in the Risk Society, Barbara Hudson outlines traditional liberal perspectives on justice, risk and security, as well as addressing some key concerns, including: the challenges to justice: the politics of risk and safety

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Hudson is a Professor in Law at the University of Central Lancashire. She has published extensively on socio-legal studies, criminology and penology. Her special teaching interests are in race and criminal justice; feminist jurisprudence; desert theory; restorative justice; comparative criminology and penology. She has research interests in penal theory and penal ethics; race, gender, crime and justice; the punishment of impoverished offenders; emergent theories of justice; probation; risk and criminal justice.

Review:

`Hudson′s Justice in the Risk Society is stunning in the depth and breadth of its scholarship. In examining the challenges the risk society presents for established conceptions of justice she compels a profound rethinking of what justice does, and can, mean. Her analysis will frame and inspire future debate′ - Clifford Shearing, Professor, Law Program, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University

`Remarkably comprehensive, ambitious in its scope and morally compelling. Barbara Hudson draws skilfully from a wide range of frameworks... She asks fundamental questions about the nature of justice and argues for a radical rethink of liberalism. She explores complex subject matter in a clear and accessible fashion. This excellent book will surely reinvigorate theoretical thinking on the nature of punishment for years to come′ - Kieran McEvoy, Professor of Law and Transitional Justice, School of Law, Queen′s University Belfast

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0761961607
• ISBN 13: 9780761961604
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258