Download or read book Policing the Risk Society written by Richard V. Ericson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ericson and Haggerty contend that the police have become information brokers to institutions such as insurance companies and health and welfare organizations that operate based on a knowledge of risk.