Author:
Greenfield Victoria A.,Paoli Letizia
Abstract
AbstractThis chapter sets out the central aim of this book, which is to provide a firm analytical foundation for making normative decisions about criminal and related policy, by taking harm—and its reduction—as a conceptual starting point and introducing tools and a process for systematic, empirical analysis in a harm assessment framework. It also sets the stage for a deeper discussion of harm’s role in crime, criminal policy, and the governance of security as it concerns crime and the framework’s value; describes the genesis of the authors’ approach to harm; and includes a roadmap and guide for readers. To begin the discussion, the chapter points to “harm” and its reduction in legal texts and contemporary policy on crime and the governance of security. It also highlights a substantial gap in the methods available to the policy community to implement harm as an empirical construct, showing the need for the framework.
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
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