Constructing Risky Identities in Policy and Practice

1. Introduction: Identities, Individuals and Theories of Risk; Jeremy Kearney and Catherine Donovan PART I: CONSTRUCTING RISKY IDENTITIES 2. Risk, Identities and Recognition: A History of Dangerous Categories and Categories of Danger; Peter Rushton 3. Risky Populations and Risky Identities: The Regulation of Trust and Relationships Between Adults and Children; Jeremy Kearney 4. The Right to be Labelled: From Risk to Rights for Pupils with Dyslexia in 'Special Needs' Education; Stephen J. Macdonald 5. Lesbian Mothering and Risky Choices: 'Dangerous' New Forms of Love and Kinship; Sheila Quaid 6. Troubled Youth: Risk, Individualisation and Social Structure; Jacqueline Merchant PART II: CONSTRUCTING RISKY AND 'AT RISK' INDIVIDUALS 7. Redefining Domestic Violence and Abuse: Unintended Consequences of Risk Assessment; Catherine Donovan 8. Technologies of Power? Constructing Digital Exclusion, Risk and Responsibility; John Clayton 9. The Risky Business of Challenging Risk: Youth Work and Young People Through the Lens of 'Race'; Rick Bowler 10. Probation and Risk: The Paradox of 'Rehabilitating' Intimately Violent Men; Nicola Ballantyne 11. Conclusion: Reflections on Risk, Identity and the State; Catherine Donovan and Jeremy Kearney