Pre-Crime and the 'Control Society': Mass Preventive Justice and the Jurisprudence of Safety

Pat O'Malley, Gavin Smith

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    Abstract

    Not only new crimes and pre-crimes, but also already existing offences, are being defined in terms of risk factors. This is associated with the reconstitution of sanctions into risk-reducing interventions. The chapter focuses on the re-formation of speeding offences in this light, and their redefinition into mass preventive justice within a risk-based jurisprudence of safety. While this conforms with the Deleuzian diagram of control society, resistance has been widespread and its impact needs to be taken into account.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Pre-Crime Society: Crime Culture and Control in the Ultramodern Age
    EditorsB. Arrigo and B. Sellers
    Place of PublicationBristol United Kingdom
    PublisherBristol University Press
    Pages63-80
    Volume1
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Print)978-1-5292-0525-1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021

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