Dangerous Men : Ideology and the Personification of Evil.
Yeager, Matthew G.
Dangerous Men : Ideology and the Personification of Evil. - 1 online resource (289 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
This volume offers an important analysis of dangerous offender (DO) legislation and related designations in Canada. It is a timely and important topic given the predominance of neo-liberal and neo-conservative conceptualizations of crime and its control in both contemporary Canada and the world, especially from the psychoanalytic point of view. The book develops a political economy of dangerousness through an examination of official definitions of ""high-risk convicts"". A series of case studies, interviews and literature reviews serve to demonstrate various applications of dangerousness, and.
9781527565050
Violent offenders--Canada.
Violent crimes--Canada.
Electronic Books.
HV6807 / .D364 2021
Dangerous Men : Ideology and the Personification of Evil. - 1 online resource (289 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
This volume offers an important analysis of dangerous offender (DO) legislation and related designations in Canada. It is a timely and important topic given the predominance of neo-liberal and neo-conservative conceptualizations of crime and its control in both contemporary Canada and the world, especially from the psychoanalytic point of view. The book develops a political economy of dangerousness through an examination of official definitions of ""high-risk convicts"". A series of case studies, interviews and literature reviews serve to demonstrate various applications of dangerousness, and.
9781527565050
Violent offenders--Canada.
Violent crimes--Canada.
Electronic Books.
HV6807 / .D364 2021