The unfairness, chaos and uncertainty of the market creates a world of material uncertainty” (Young 1999). Drawing on the work of Jock Young and the theory of late modernity, and on other theories that you have learned, discuss the implications of this statement for crime and crime control.
How does a sense of uncertainty affect societal behaviour? Explain how the “exclusive society” attempts to address this sense of uncertainty, and give examples of where you see mechanisms of exclusion operating in our current socio-political and economic context?
