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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      06 September 2001
      ISBN:
      9780511489303
      9780521804028
      9780521008754
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511489303
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.455kg, 204 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.348kg, 204 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Criminology, Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Medicine, Psychiatry, Sociology
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    In the aftermath of the Port Arthur shootings, Dunblane or the schoolyard killings in America, communities try to come to terms with private and public trauma and there is a need to understand what kind of person can commit such terrible acts. The problem of how to understand dangerousness often centres on the role of the mental health and criminal justice systems and it is from the intersection of these two institutions that the categorisation of dangerous persons has emerged. This 2001 book traces the history of the category of antisocial personality disorder and shows how it is linked to particular kinds of governing. It examines key legal and institutional developments in Australia, the UK and the US and also parallel developments within psychiatry and psychological medicine. Applying a social theoretical analysis to this material, McCallum challenges our assumptions about the formation and control concepts of dangerousness and personality.

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    ‘… a compelling read for those interested in a detailed history of legal and psychiatric responses to such disorders.’

    Source: The Psychologist

    ‘McCallum has painstakingly assembled a rich collection of quotations from psychiatrists, neurologists and medical superintendents.’

    Source: Psychological Medicine

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