Risk Prevention and Management as a Vicious Cycle
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ne of the more important insights regarding a risk-based justice system is attributed to Rigakos (1999) who suggested that actuarial risk-prevention strategies proliferate over time; that is, with each response to a risk factor, a new risk is created by the technology, practice, or policy meant to inhibit the risk in the first place.... Parents, teachers, librarians, clergy, policy makers, law enforcement, and media personnel are each put on guard for indications of danger....