Risk, Security and Criminal Justice

Prof Lucia Zedner

Risk assessment, risk management and security are core features of contemporary criminal justice. The importance given to protecting the public by preventing harm informs law reform, public policy and criminal justice. This course analyses the ways in which risk and security are transforming criminal justice thinking and practices. To do so, it examines developments in policing, crime prevention, risk assessment and management, preventive detention, counter-terrorism and security policies. It explores the burdens and benefits of these developments and examines their implications for individual liberties and for justice.