{"product_id":"understanding-the-risk-society-gabriel-mythen-9780230555327","title":"Understanding the Risk Society: Crime, Security and Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this penetrating account of the impacts of risk on everyday life, Gabe Mythen provides a theoretically informed overview of the regulation of crime and security in a globalized world. By explicating the relationships between risk and crime, security and justice, the text applies risk to specific incidents and events, scrutinizing social processes and cultural practices, and illumining some of the central social and political issues of the modern age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExtending across a range of domains - including law, the environment, media and politics - Mythen embarks on a conceptual and critical exploration of risk theory. In doing so, his incisive text presents both a critical evaluation of the efficacy of competing perspectives on risk, and an authoritative appraisal of the place of risk within the social sciences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gabriel Mythen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0230555322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230555327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Globe Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Gabriel Mythen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988099170559,"sku":"9780230555327","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b37a593c-1c8a-4215-bfd4-fc43914a3e03.jpg?v=1683292614","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-the-risk-society-gabriel-mythen-9780230555327","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}