Fear Law and Criminology

With The Growing Awareness Of Many Critics Of Risk Society The Culture Of Fear And The Dangerous Rising Levels Of Unhealthy Fear Around Individual Group And Public Insecurities Three Keen Observers Of The Human Condition Have Joined Experiences Theories And Ideas To Create A Fresh Vision For How Best To Look At The Fear Problem And How Law And Criminology May Benefit From A New Lens Or Perspective. . The Authors With Their Backgrounds In The Study Of The Philosophy Of Fearism (A La Subba) Bring A New Lens To Law And Criminology To Social Policies Politics And Policing And How Best To Improve Enforcement Of Safety Security And Moral Order. The Fearist Perspective Of A Philosophy Of Fearism Creates An Exciting Challenging And Sometimes Radical Position Whereby The Authors Argue That Fear Itself Requires A Concerted Focus For Analysis And Solutionsthat Is If Law And Criminology Are To Fully Meet The Highest Standards Of Serving Justice For All In A Globalizing Complicated World.. Going Beyond The Simple Fear Of Crime Or Fear Of Policing Issues Commonly Dealt Within Discourses About Law The Philosophy Of Fearism Offers Other Concepts With A Rich Vocabulary Introduced In This Book One Of Which Is The Introduction Of A New Subdiscipline Called Fearcriminalysis. Readers Will Find Additional To The Main Text As Collective Writing Of The Three Coauthors Several Fresh Dialogues Of The Three Authors In Conversation Which Bring Their Individual Personalities Philosophies And Approaches Into A Weaving Of Differences And Similarities. Overall They Each Agree That Fear Has Been Underestimated And Often Misinterpreted In Law And Criminology And This Has Resulted At Times In Exacerbating Insecurity Crime And Injustice In The World.