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This new book by Richard Ericson explores the alarming trend across Western societies of treating every imaginable source of harm as a crime. It locates this trend in the 21st century obsession with insecurity fostered by neo-liberal governments. It is grounded in leading-edge theory and research across academic disciplines.

Crime --- Security (Psychology) --- Crime prevention --- Fear of crime --- Government policy --- Crime - Government policy

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La 4e de couverture indique : "Quadrillage des quartiers populaires, vidéosurveillance omniprésente, contrôle accru des communications et des déplacements, chasse aux marginaux et aux sans-papiers, inflation des gardes à vue et des incarcérations, alourdissement des peines, généralisation des mesures de sûreté : nous sommes entrés dans un processus révolutionnaire de radicalisation du contrôle social et de mutation du droit pénal. Il débute avec la rédaction du rapport Peyrefitte, se poursuit avec la politique de la ville des années 80 et la "guerre" contre les violences urbaines de la décennie 2000 pour se stabiliser provisoirement avec le retour de la gauche. Comment expliquer cette escalade ? L'option sécuritaire n'est pas une réponse à une prétendue montée de la délinquance mais au délitement du tissu social et économique. Le recours à l'option punitive est un moyen pour l'État de reprendre la main en réaffirmant sa souveraineté face à une crise qui le met en échec d'autant plus crûment que les politiques économiques échappent à son contrôle en s’internationalisant. L'autoritarisme est ainsi le pendant de la libéralisation de l'économie et de l'érosion de l'État providence que connaissent nos sociétés occidentales depuis la fin de la période keynésienne. Il est le versant obscur de la mondialisation du capitalisme."

Internal security --- Social control --- Crime --- Government policy --- Sécurité. --- Criminalité --- Lutte contre. --- Internal security - France --- Social control - France --- Crime - Government policy - France

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Police --- Law enforcement --- Crime --- Police in popular culture --- Criminal law --- Government policy --- Criminal law. --- Law enforcement. --- Police in popular culture. --- Police. --- Government policy. --- Crime - Government policy --- Lois --- Politique criminelle --- Police dans la culture populaire --- Droit pénal --- Application

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Women --- Security (Psychology) --- Security --- Man-woman relationships --- Violence envers les femmes --- Insécurité --- Relations entre hommes et femmes --- Violence against --- Government policy --- Crime prevention --- Crime --- Crimes against --- Insécurité --- Women - Crimes against --- Women - Violence against - France --- Crime prevention - France --- Crime - Government policy - France

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This book provides an overview of recent government initiatives in the field of crime and punishment, reviewing both the policies themselves, the perceived problems and issues they seek to address, and the broader social and political context in which this is taking place. The underlying theme of the book is that a qualitative change has taken place in the politics of crime control in the UK since the early 1990s. Although crime has stabilised, imprisonment rates continue to climb, there is a new mood of punitiveness, and crime has become a central policy issue for the government, no

Criminal justice, Administration of --- Crime --- Punishment --- City crime --- Crime and criminals --- Crimes --- Delinquency --- Felonies --- Misdemeanors --- Urban crime --- Social problems --- Criminal law --- Criminals --- Criminology --- Transgression (Ethics) --- Government policy --- Social aspects --- Vice control --- Criminalité --- Criminalité, Lutte contre la --- Peines --- Criminal justice, Administration of - Great Britain. --- Crime - Great Britain. --- Crime - Government policy - Great Britain. --- Punishment - Great Britain.