Preventing Terrorism and Controlling Risk: A Comparative Analysis of Control Orders in the UK and Australia (SpringerBriefs in Criminology Book 1)

This Brief takes a provocative look at existing socio-legal literature with a comparative study of terrorism control orders, focusing on how the concept of pre-emption fits within a traditional criminological framework. This timely work examines how such measures might be conceived and interpreted within a situational crime prevention approach. Over the past decade, socio-legal scholars have identified a rise in pre-emptive control mechanisms to respond to terrorism and other threats in the post-9/11 world. Many have argued that this pre-emptive rationale has been used to justify the introduction of measures that transcend established legal and risk frameworks, to deal with individuals or groups thought to pose a threat to the state or its citizens. ​Preventing Terrorism and Controlling Risk: A Comparative Analysis of Control Orders in the UK and Australia will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly with a focus on terrorism, risk assessment, and human rights.​ Front Matter....Pages i-xv The Pre-emptive Turn in Criminal Justice....Pages 1-6 Preventing Terrorism: An Exceptional Legal Hybrid?....Pages 7-26 The Legal Framework....Pages 27-39 Comparing Control Order Implementations....Pages 41-55 The Changing Face of Risk....Pages 57-67 Crime Prevention: Back to Basics....Pages 69-78 Executive Terrorism Prevention and Risk Control....Pages 79-89