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Balancing Liberty and Security: Human Rights, Human Wrongs (Crime Prevention and Security Management)
Kate Moss
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Description for Balancing Liberty and Security: Human Rights, Human Wrongs (Crime Prevention and Security Management)
Hardcover. Examining the erosion of people's democratic rights and the potential catastrophic dangers of neglecting civil liberties, this book explores the endemic danger of the enlarged power of the state and the central role of Government in undermining personal freedoms through the use of state force in the name of the protection of security. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVC; JPVH; LAQ; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Examining the erosion of people's democratic rights and the potential catastrophic dangers of neglecting civil liberties, this book explores the endemic danger of the enlarged power of the state and the central role of Government in undermining personal freedoms through the use of state force in the name of the protection of security.
Examining the erosion of people's democratic rights and the potential catastrophic dangers of neglecting civil liberties, this book explores the endemic danger of the enlarged power of the state and the central role of Government in undermining personal freedoms through the use of state force in the name of the protection of security.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Crime Prevention and Security Management
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230230293
SKU
V9780230230293
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99-15
About Kate Moss
KATE MOSS is Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Law, Social Science and Communications at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Crime Reduction Initiatives and has also published Security and Liberty.
Reviews for Balancing Liberty and Security: Human Rights, Human Wrongs (Crime Prevention and Security Management)
"Balancing Liberty and Security finds an important place in (the still few) works that have expressed concern about the silence of academics on the abuse of State power. This forthright evaluation of the risk society raises an articulate voice over externally or self-imposed silence of the academy on insidious deployment of State power ostensibly for public good. It is an ... Read more