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200 10$aThreat perceptions $ethe policing of dangers from eugenics to the war on terrorism /$fSaran Ghatak
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aLanham, MD $cLexington Books$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (141 p.)
225 1 $aIssues in crime and justice
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7391-2957-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 109-125) and index.
327   $aContents; 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
330   $aThreat 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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