the policing of dangers from eugenics to the war on terrorism /
First Statement of Responsibility
Saran Ghatak
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Lanham, Md. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Lexington Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vii, 131 p. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Issues in crime and justice
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-125) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Science and criminal danger in the nineteenth century -- Eugenics and hereditarianism in the United States -- Origin of the psychopathology of crime -- The advent of actuarial justice -- Policing of political dissent -- "Risk wars" : the campaign against terrorism