Professor Ericson and his colleagues followed the work of patrol officers in a large Canadian regional police force. From their direct observations comes a wealth of information, quantitatively assemb
Insurers' perceptions and decisions about uncertainty ? with potential for windfall profits as well as catastrophic losses ? create crises in insurance availability and provoke new forms of inequality
Risk and Morality examines how decisions about risk and uncertainty relate to moral principles and ethical conduct. Editors Richard Ericson and Aaron Doyle have brought together in this volume a selec
Insurance as Governance is the first major sociological study of the insurance industry. It examines how the industry controls our institutions and daily lives in ways that are largely invisible, and
Haggerty (sociology and criminology, U. of Alberta, Canada) and Ericson (criminology, U. of Toronto, Canada) present 14 papers applying a variety of social science perspectives and approaches to under
