02615nam 2200601Ia 450 991081629920332120240516051328.01-283-08472-497866130847290-7391-5110-X(CKB)2560000000072816(EBL)686267(OCoLC)719383007(SSID)ssj0000541947(PQKBManifestationID)11346660(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000541947(PQKBWorkID)10499283(PQKB)10594912(MiAaPQ)EBC686267(Au-PeEL)EBL686267(CaPaEBR)ebr10465484(CaONFJC)MIL308472(EXLCZ)99256000000007281620110112d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThreat perceptions the policing of dangers from eugenics to the war on terrorism /Saran Ghatak1st ed.Lanham, MD Lexington Books20111 online resource (141 p.)Issues in crime and justiceDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-2957-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-125) and index.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; IndexThreat 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.Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)Crime preventionUnited StatesHistoryThreat (Psychology)HistoryCrime preventionHistory.Threat (Psychology)History.364.4/0973Ghatak Saran1973-1687172MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816299203321Threat perceptions4060449UNINA