Criminal law, philosophy and public health practice / edited by A.M. Viens, John Coggon and Anthony S. Kessel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Viens, A. M. (Adrian M.), editor.

Coggon, John, 1980- editor.

Kessel, Anthony S. (Anthony Stephen), editor.

Series:

Cambridge bioethics and law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health laws--Criminal provisions.

Public health laws.

Public health administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Criminal Law, Philosophy & Public Health Practice

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Summary:

The goal of improving public health involves the use of different tools, with the law being one way to influence the activities of institutions and individuals. Of the regulatory mechanisms afforded by law to achieve this end, criminal law remains a perennial mechanism to delimit the scope of individual and group conduct. Utilising criminal law may promote or hinder public health goals, and its use raises a number of complex questions that merit exploration. This examination of the interface between criminal law and public health brings together international experts from a variety of disciplines, including law, criminology, public health, philosophy and health policy, in order to examine the theoretical and practical implications of using criminal law to improve public health.

Contents:

Introduction / A.M. Viens, John Coggon and Anthony S. Kessel

Criminal law, regulatory frameworks and public health / Roger Brownsword

Drugs, crime and public health : an insight from criminology / Doug Husak

Criminal law, drugs and harm reduction / Tom Walker

Morality and strategy in politicising tobacco use : criminal law, public health, and philosophy / John Coggon

Pursued by the 'fat' police? : Prosecuting the parents of obese children / Tracey Elliot

Disease transmission, liability and criminal law / James Chalmers

Compulsion, surveillance, testing and treatment : a truly 'criminal' matter? / Jean V. McHale

Epidemiological criminology and violence prevention : addressing the co-occurrence of criminal violence and poor health outcomes / Roberto H. Potter and Timothy A. Akers

Forensic epidemiology : strange bedfellows or the perfect match? : Can public health and criminal law work together without losing their souls? / Zita Lazzarini

From the criminal to the consensual : the shifting mechanisms of environmental regulation / Robert G. Lee and Mark Stallworthy

Criminal law and global health governance / David P. Fidler.

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ISBN:

9781139137065

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