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Van Brunschot, Erin Gibbs.

Risk balance & security / Risk balance and security Erin Gibbs Van Brunschot, Leslie W. Kennedy. - Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xii, 239 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index.

The centrality of security -- Values and choices in constructing security -- Crime and security -- Modern terrorism -- Landscapes of security: health and the environment -- The stages of risk balance and security.

Van Brunschot and Kennedy capture the interdisciplinary realities facing public security today, and the means in which a risk balance is evident in the secruity decisions made to deal with crime, terrorist activities and environmental disasters.


English.

ISBN: 9781452222998 (electronic bk.) 1452222991 (electronic bk.) 9781452204079 (ebook) 1452204071 (ebook) 1322307180 9781322307183

Source: 9781452222998 Ingram Content Group

LCCN: 2007011267

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB6H2914 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 017550308 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emergency management--United States.
Crime prevention--United States.
Terrorism--Prevention.--United States
Risk--Sociological aspects.
Risk management.
Risk Management
Gestion du risque.
Gestion des situations d'urgence--États-Unis.
Terrorisme--Prévention.--États-Unis
Risque--Aspect sociologique.
risk management.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Safety.
Crime prevention.
Emergency management.
Risk--Sociological aspects.
Terrorism--Prevention.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV551.3 / .V36 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.10973