Japanese Journal of Sociological Criminology, (31) 22-37, Oct 18, 2006
In his classic study of "From Dangerousness to Risk," Robert Castel has delineated that the disciplinary type of technology where there is excessive concern with individuals through correction or normalization of the deviant has been superseded by post-disciplinary actuarial risk technology where there is little concern with individuals with the focus being cast on aggregates or on the population. On the other hand it has also been pointed out by others that the actuarial coexists with the disciplinary technology. This paper illustrates how the two types interrelate with each other in the d...