Threat perceptions the policing of dangers from eugenics to the war on terrorism
Threat Perceptions: The Policing of Dangers from Eugenics to the War on Terrorism examines the legal, scientific, and social construction of risk of crime in the United States. Ghatak focuses on the crime control policies that stretched from the beginning of the era of Eugenics and the rise of crimi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lanham, MD :
Lexington Books
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798191906719 |
| Summary: | Threat Perceptions: The Policing of Dangers from Eugenics to the War on Terrorism examines the legal, scientific, and social construction of risk of crime in the United States. Ghatak focuses on the crime control policies that stretched from the beginning of the era of Eugenics and the rise of criminal psychiatry in the late 19th century to the contemporary era of ""actuarial justice"" and the Patriot Act. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (141 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-125) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283084727 9786613084729 9780739151105 |
