Threat Perceptions
The Policing of Dangers from Eugenics to the War on Terrorism
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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 criminal psychiatry in the late 19th century to the contemporary era of "actuarial justice" and the Patriot Act.
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Science and Criminal Danger in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Eugenics and Hereditarianism in the United States Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Origin of the Psychopathology of Crime Chapter 5 Chapter 4: The Advent of Actuarial Justice Chapter 6 Chapter Five: Policing of Political Dissent Chapter 7 Chapter 6: "Risk Wars": The Campaign against Terrorism Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Vigilant New World: Science, Law and the Policing of Threats