SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Predictive Policing, Late Modernity, Risk Society
29 Mar 2017
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Risk is a situation or an event where something of human value (including humans themselves) is at stake and where the outcome is uncertain: risk and uncertainty are always intertwined or co-present. Risk engages in the past and the future: assume our knowledge of the past will shed light on the future (reduce uncertainty) E. g. , p = . 05: appears scientific and objective. E. g. , that"s risky : more of an intuitive judgment. Risk is a value-laden social construct because: reflects what individuals, groups, or societies value. Requires definition of acceptable risk (value based: power struggles over what is an acceptable risk and what requires action o. Risk is a production of imagination constructed by those in power, experts with various skills, using databases of diverse sorts, and shifted and transformed within a society by power of authority. Industrial capitalism and risks of progress: risk optic: individuals, organizations, and institutions see the world in terms of risks to be managed.
