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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 crimi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ghatak, Saran, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2011.
Colección:Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)
Temas:
Crime prevention > United States > History.
Threat (Psychology) > History.
Menace (Psychologie) > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime prevention
Threat (Psychology)
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 131 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-125) and index.
ISBN:9780739151105
073915110X

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