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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Barry Goetz (Western Michigan University, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.521kg ISBN: 9781138124752ISBN 10: 1138124753 Pages: 254 Publication Date: 31 January 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface & Acknowledgements List of Figures Chapter 1: The Fire Service, Police, & The Local Welfare State Chapter 2: Institutional Selectivity Chapter 3: Fire As A Social Problem Chapter 4: Fires, Arson & Institutional Selectivity Chapter 5: Local Policing, the Welfare State, and Drug Control Chapter 6: Community Policing and Institutional Selectivity Chapter 7: Public Safety Agencies, Dimensions Of Power, & The Shaping Of Social Problems Bibliographic References Inclusive to Individual ChaptersReviewsBarry Goetz clearly demonstrates how public safety agencies function as welfare state agencies, responsible for a range of essential public functions including emergency service, regulatory oversight and social service outreach. Amid cut-backs in other areas of the welfare state, public safety agencies are now asked to absorb even more social welfare functions. As Goetz cogently argues regarding arson control and community policing, public safety agencies not only protect our well-being, but also shape social problems and community inequities. This book has major implications for understanding institutional biases within society and the ways organizational structures, procedures and cultures impact social outcomes. It not only offers brilliant insights for scholars and theory building, but a solid context for progressive social policy. I highly recommend it. Henry N. Pontell, Distinguished Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY; Emeritus Professor, University of California, Irvine. Goetz has crafted a book that is both unique and timely. Through detailed analysis of what might seem to be two very different types of problems - fire and drugs - readers will be rewarded with rich insights into governmental responses to each. This book will be a welcome addition to the library of anyone with an interest in community safety and its relationship to issues of social inequality. Laura Huey, Associate Professor of Sociology, Western University, Canada Author InformationBarry Goetz is Associate Professor of Sociology at Western Michigan University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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