The conceptual limits of risk governance in terrorism prevention

Towards a theory of threat thinking

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ID6458437
AutoresAnya Degenshein (0000-0001-6392-4524, Marquette University, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume29
Fascículo1
Páginas45-64
Data de publicação2024-01-09
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTheoretical Criminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1362-4806 • E-ISSN: 1461-7439
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/13624806231225664
OpenAlexW4390779503
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas24

Risk theories have dominated research on policing and punishment for the past 30 years, including a growing interest in crime prevention. Drawing on excerpts from court documents of 351 counterterrorism stings, an empirical exemplar in contemporary crime prevention, I demonstrate that these cases both defy the logics of actuarial risk governance and exceed the logics of precautionary risk governance in three ways: (1) who they target; (2) how they assess these targets; and (3) what they target as a sign of dangerousness. Engaging core biopolitical ideas, including the notion of the criminal “other”, I build a theory of threat thinking, speaking to shared cultural beliefs that exceed formal governance. Threat thinking offers fresh insights into criminal justice practices in contemporary terrorism prevention and beyond, while also explaining why both adherence to risk management and rejection of it result in such similar outcomes: future-oriented strategies that disproportionately target minoritized groups

Corporate governance · Crime prevention · Criminal justice · Criminology · Economics · Management · Political science · Punishment (psychology · Risk Governance · Risk management · Sign (mathematics · Sociology · Terrorism · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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