Personality and Dangerousness: Genealogies of Antisocial Personality Disorder

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
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/22/2001
Pages: 204
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780521008754

About the Author
McCallum, David: - David McCallum is Associate Professor in Sociology at Victoria University in Melbourne. He is the author of The Social Productions of Merit (1990) and numerous chapters and articles on the history of human sciences and government.

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