Personality and Dangerousness: Genealogies of Antisocial Personality Disorder (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521008754)

Tracing the history of the category of antisocial personality disorder, this study reveals its emergence is linked to particular kinds of governing, rather than simply to advances in the human sciences or a means of social control. David McCallum examines key legal and institutional developments in Australia, the U.K, and the U.S. as well as parallel developments within psychiatry and psychological medicine. Applying a social theoretical analysis to this material, he challenges our assumptions about the formation and control concepts of dangerousness and personality.

Author: David McCallum
ISBN-10: 0521008751
ISBN-13: 9780521008754
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2001
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d