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UNINA9910807175803321 |
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Autore |
Van Brunschot Erin Gibbs |
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Titolo |
Risk balance & security / / Erin Gibbs Van Brunschot, Leslie W. Kennedy |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Thousand Oaks, : Sage Publications, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-4522-3833-2 |
1-322-30718-0 |
1-4129-4069-9 |
1-4522-2299-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 239 p.) : ill |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Emergency management - United States |
Crime prevention - United States |
Terrorism - United States - Prevention |
Risk - Sociological aspects |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 - The Centrality of Security; 2 - Values and Choices in Constructing Security; 3 - Crime and Security; 4 - Modern Terrorism; 5 - Landscapes of Security; 6 - The Stages of Risk Balance and Security; 7 - Concluding Thoughts; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Van Brunschot and Kennedy capture the interdisciplinary realities facing public security today, and the means in which a risk balance is evident in the secruity decisions made to deal with crime, terrorist activities and environmental disasters. |
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