Disease and crime: a history of social pathologies and the new politics of health
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781138957428
Date de publication :
16 oct. 2015
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
390 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book maps the tensions, overlaps, and contradictions within and between social and biological understandings of disease and crime. It considers how and why disease—and, in particular, infectious disease—has come, reciprocally, to be framed as 'criminal.'