Threat perceptions [[electronic resource] ] : the policing of dangers from eugenics to the war on terrorism / / Saran Ghatak
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| Autore: |
Ghatak Saran <1973->
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| Titolo: |
Threat perceptions [[electronic resource] ] : the policing of dangers from eugenics to the war on terrorism / / Saran Ghatak
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (141 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.4/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Crime prevention - United States - History |
| Threat (Psychology) - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-125) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Threat perceptions |
| ISBN: | 1-283-08472-4 |
| 9786613084729 | |
| 0-7391-5110-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791973803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)