Examining the erosion of people's democratic rights and the potential catastrophic dangers of neglecting civil liberties, this book explores the endemic danger of the enlarged power of the state and the central role of Government in undermining personal freedoms through the use of state force in the name of the protection of security.

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"Balancing Liberty and Security finds an important place in (the still few) works that have expressed concern about the silence of academics on the abuse of State power. This forthright evaluation of the risk society raises an articulate voice over externally or self-imposed silence of the academy on insidious deployment of State power ostensibly for public good. It is an accessible and welcome critical contribution to the discourse on civil rights and the monstrosity that is increasingly becoming the main face of State power even in the West with its claims on liberal democracy, rule of law and human rights. It is a must read for students and researchers of human rights, security studies and criminology and politics." - Hakeen O. Yusuf, The Howard Journal 53(3)

Authors and Affiliations

Wolverhampton University, UK

Kate Moss

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KATE MOSS is Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Law, Social Science and Communications at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Crime Reduction Initiatives and has also published Security and Liberty.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Balancing Liberty and Security
Book Subtitle: Human Rights, Human Wrongs
Authors: Kate Moss
Series Title: Crime Prevention and Security Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230319318
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23029-3Published: 26 October 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31133-0Published: 01 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-31931-8Published: 26 October 2011
Series ISSN: 2946-3513
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3521
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 251
Topics: Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Political Sociology, Policing, Sociology, general

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Liberty versus Security

Historical and Contemporary Deviations from Essential Civil Liberties

The Context of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998

Article 3 and Torture

Article 5 and Detention without Trial

Article 6 and Extraordinary Rendition

Securing Rights — But Which?

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