Exam 17: Late Modernity, Governmentality and Risk

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Why does O'Malley argue that there are close links between the socio-economic changes associated with neoliberalism and a host of changes in contemporary crime control or what he describes as an 'elective affinity'?

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The rise of predictive, rational-choice models and the gradual displacement of more socially-oriented approaches to the explanation of causation and the emergence of such practices as 'truth in sentencing', and the gradual prioritisaton of deterrence over rehabilitation and welfare. The emphasis on individual responsibility and the gradual devolution of responsibility for crime prevention to the citizenry and the rise of rationalities of cost-effectiveness and consumerism in crime control.

Foucault was primarily interested in:

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According to Garland (2001) the decline of penal welfarism combined with changes, including the make-up of families, the social organisation of cities, the power of the electronic media, and the extent of 'democratisation' in social life, provided the conditions in which a new 'culture of control' could emerge.

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According to Beck modern technology makes people feel less, not more safe.

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What does the term 'mesh thinning' refer to?

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What does the term 'net widening refer to?

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What is at the heart of the new penology described by Feeley and Simon (1992)?

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Accounts of the changing nature of the modern, developed world suggest the nation state is being undermined by:

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What were the ideas behind Jeremy Bentham's proposed inspection house or prison - the panopticon?

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Shearing and Stenning claim that Disney World is similar to a prison.

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What is 'mass private property'?

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Writers such as Foucault have described contemporary society as:

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The term 'responsibilisation' refers to the growing need for children to act as adults at an earlier and earlier age.

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What did Foucault see as evidence of the shift from a corporal to a carceral system of discipline?

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What has led to the rise of the 'information society'?

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Changes connected with 'the coming of late modernity' include the:

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According to Garland why did 'penal-welfarism' go into decline?

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What does it mean to say we live in a 'risk society'?

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What were the changes identified by Garland and Sparks (2000) that summarise the transition from modernity to late modernity?

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Foucault's approach stresses the multiple ways in which individual subjectivities are organised and created, and the ways in which we act to shape our own conduct.

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Exam 17: Late Modernity, Governmentality and Risk

Why does O'Malley argue that there are close links between the socio-economic changes associated with neoliberalism and a host of changes in contemporary crime control or what he describes as an 'elective affinity'?

Foucault was primarily interested in:

According to Beck modern technology makes people feel less, not more safe.

What does the term 'mesh thinning' refer to?

What does the term 'net widening refer to?

What is at the heart of the new penology described by Feeley and Simon (1992)?

Accounts of the changing nature of the modern, developed world suggest the nation state is being undermined by:

What were the ideas behind Jeremy Bentham's proposed inspection house or prison - the panopticon?

Shearing and Stenning claim that Disney World is similar to a prison.

What is 'mass private property'?

Writers such as Foucault have described contemporary society as:

The term 'responsibilisation' refers to the growing need for children to act as adults at an earlier and earlier age.

What did Foucault see as evidence of the shift from a corporal to a carceral system of discipline?

What has led to the rise of the 'information society'?

Changes connected with 'the coming of late modernity' include the:

According to Garland why did 'penal-welfarism' go into decline?

What does it mean to say we live in a 'risk society'?

What were the changes identified by Garland and Sparks (2000) that summarise the transition from modernity to late modernity?

Foucault's approach stresses the multiple ways in which individual subjectivities are organised and created, and the ways in which we act to shape our own conduct.

Understanding Crime and Criminology

Crime and Punishment in History

Crime Data and Crime Trends

Crime and the Media

Classicism and Positivism

Biological Positivism

Psychological Positivism

Durkheim, Anomie and Strain

The Chicago School, Subcultures and Cultural Criminology

Interactionism and Labelling Theory

Control Theories

Radical and Critical Criminology

Realist Criminology

Contemporary Classicism

Feminist Criminology

Victims, Victimisation and Victimology

White Collar and Corporate Crime

Organised Crime

Violent and Property Crime

Drugs and Alcohol

Penology and Punishment

Understanding Criminal Justice

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Policing

Criminal Courts and the Court Process

Sentencing and Non-Custodial Penalties

Prisons and Imprisonment

Youth Crime and Youth Justice

Restorative Justice

Race, Crime and Criminal Justice

Gender, Crime and Justice

Criminal and Forensic Psychology

Green Criminology

Globalisation, Terrorism and Human Rights

Understanding Criminological Research

Doing Criminological Research

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