Dangerous men : ideology and the personification of evil / by Matthew G. Yeager.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeager, Matthew G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violent crimes--Canada.

Violent crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 275 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

This volume offers an important analysis of dangerous offender (DO) legislation and related designations in Canada. It is a timely and important topic given the predominance of neo-liberal and neo-conservative conceptualizations of crime and its control in both contemporary Canada and the world, especially from the psychoanalytic point of view. The book develops a political economy of dangerousness through an examination of official definitions of "high-risk convicts". A series of case studies, interviews and literature reviews serve to demonstrate various applications of dangerousness, and situate these legal/judicial processes within their broader ideological and political context. This is a highly marginalized and disreputable penal population in criminology, and the book argues that the label of dangerousness obscures the social and economic conditions that many convicts experience throughout their lives.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Into the Abyss of Dangerousness: A Personal Journey

Introduction

Part I

Chapter One

Part II

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Part III

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5275-6505-X

OCLC:

1236267933