Library Catalogue

Location

Public Safety Canada Library

Resource

Books & Reports

Call Number

HV 551.3 V36 2008

Authors

• Van Brunschot, Erin Gibbs.
• Kennedy, Leslie W., 1951-

Publishers

• Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  Sage Publications, 2008.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description

xii, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Summary

the book 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.

Subject

• Emergency management - United States.
• Crime prevention - United States.
• Terrorism - United States - Prevention.
• Risk - Sociological aspects.

Contents

1. The centrality of security. -- 2. Values and choices in constructing security. -- 3. Crime and security. -- 4. Modern terrorism. -- 5. Landscapes of security: health and the environment. -- 6. The stages of risk balance and security. -- 7. Concluding thoughts.

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