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 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Science and Criminal Danger in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter Two: Eugenics and Hereditarianism in the United States; Chapter Three: Origin of the Psychopathology of Crime; Chapter Four: The Advent of Actuarial Justice; Chapter Five: Policing of Political Dissent; Chapter Six: "Risk Wars": The Campaign against Terrorism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
