From Disciplinary Gaze to Biological Gaze
Genetic Crime Thrillers and Biogovernance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8895563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neil Gerlach (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 95-118 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras-s031-03-01 |
| OpenAlex | W2062303730 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Imagine an America where violent crime rates have quadrupled over the past century, inexorably rising to a level that would be incomprehensible to previous generations. Imagine that the nature of violent crime seems to have changed, taking a turn toward casual sociopathy where the representative crime has become calculated serial murder rather than a one-off crime of passion. Imagine the resulting level of public fear, rampant to the point where civic-mindedness is replaced by a fortress mentality, walled communities, pervasive video surveillance, and electronic monitoring as the public sphere is virtually abandoned as too risky. In this imaginary America, the fearful public turns angrily upon its governments, demanding more decisive action and inquiring as to why traditional practices of crime control are not controlling crime
Action (physics · Casual · Criminology · Fortress (chess · Gaze · Passion · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Public sphere · Sociology · The Imaginary · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · History · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
| Highly cited | No |
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