Personality and Dangerousness: Genealogies of Antisocial Personality DisorderPersonality and Dangerousness traces the history of the category of antisocial personality disorder, showing its emergence to be linked to particular kinds of governing, rather than simply to advances in the human sciences or as a means of social control. David McCallum 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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Personality and Dangerousness: Genealogies of Antisocial Personality Disorder David McCallum No preview available - 2001 |
Personality and Dangerousness: Genealogies of Antisocial Personality Disorder David McCallum No preview available - 2001 |
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