Risk calculation and precautionary uncertainty: two configurations within crime assessment

This paper explores two configurations of thinking about crime amongst law enforcement agencies and private sector security managers: ‘risk calculation’ (concerned with everyday, calculable probabilities and impacts and their management) and ‘precautionary uncertainty’ (concerned with events that mi...

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Authors: Klima, Noel (Author) ; Dorn, Nicholas (Author) ; Vander Beken, Tom 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2011, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-31
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Keywords:
Precautionary Approach
Risk Calculation
Routine Activity Theory
Situational Crime Prevention
Systemic Risk