Policing the Risk Society - Ericson, Richard V. (Professor of Law, Professor Sociology and Principal of Green College, Professor of Law, Professor Sociology and Principal of Green College, University of British Columbia) a Haggerty, Kevin D. (member of Green College, Doctoral Candidat

This book contends that the police have become information brokers to institutions such as insurance companies and health and welfare organisations that operate based on knowledge of risk. In turn, these institutions influence the ways that police officers think and act. The authors examine different aspects of police involvement.