| Disease and Crime: A History of Social Pathologies and the New Politics of Health Contributor(s): Peckham, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138957429 ISBN-13: 9781138957428 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues |
| Dewey: 364.24 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6" W x 9" (0.64 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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.' |