Abstract
This chapter argues that the rise of the 'risk society' is extending and strengthening the law and order aspect of state schooling in Britain, the United States and beyond. It begins with an analysis of the liminal nature of 'youth' and goes on to argue that this liminality has brought about a significant increase in the use of closed circuit television (CCTV) and other forms of surveillance in British schools. In encouraging individual and collective calculative attitudes (actuarialism) in all kinds of interactions and situations, the 'risk society' has effectively broadened the sphere of influence of the criminal justice system and 'widened the net' of social exclusion. The rise of actuarialism in educational settings needs to be considered part of a broader discourse of community safety and law and order, that seeks to anticipate trouble and to exclude and isolate the deviant – an exclusive philosophy that, in the long term, may significantly increase risk.
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