Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Criminal Justice
In: Beyond the Risk Paradigm Ser.
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- SECTION 1: THE RISK PARADIGM IN PRACTICE -- 1 The Rise of the Risk Paradigm in Criminal Justice -- Introduction -- Two explanatory frameworks -- From 'crime as risk' to the 'new penology' -- Refining the 'new penology' -- Researching risk in context: An example from the UK -- Challenging risk -- Seeing beyond risk? -- References -- 2 Three Narratives of Risk: Corrections, Critique and Context -- Introduction: Risk in society and criminal justice -- Incorporating risk in British criminal justice -- Three generations of risk assessment -- The introduction and effects of risk management methods -- Contrasting narratives of risk assessment: Corrections, critique and context -- Critique -- Context -- References -- SECTION 2: THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE RISK PARADIGM -- 3 Risk Assessment in Practice -- Introduction -- What is the risk paradigm? -- Do high-risk offenders benefit most from supervision? -- Do actuarial risk profiles accurately predict risk in practice? -- The benefits of working with identified criminogenic needs -- What does this mean for the development of effective supervision? -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Taking the Risk out of Youth Justice -- Introduction -- The emergence of risk-based youth justice: Beguiled by risk factor research -- The rise of risk-based youth justice: Risk assessment and intervention -- The domination of risk-based youth justice: All hail the scaled approach -- The decline of risk-based youth justice: Methodological weaknesses -- The decline of risk-based youth justice: Philosophical and ethical problems -- The fall of risk-based youth justice and the rise of progressive youth justice -- Children First, Offenders Second: Child-friendly youth justice -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Justice, Risk and Diversity -- Introduction -- The ascendancy of risk and risk assessment.
