Threat perceptions : the policing of dangers from eugenics to the war on terrorism / Saran Ghatak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ghatak, Saran, 1973-

Series:

Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)

Issues in crime and justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime prevention--United States--History.

Crime prevention.

Threat (Psychology)--History.

Threat (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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.

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-125) and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-32831-5

1-283-08472-4

9786613084729

0-7391-5110-X

OCLC:

719383007