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Criminal law, philosophy and public health practice / edited by A.M. Viens, John Coggon and Anthony S. Kessel.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge bioethics and lawPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781139137065
  • 1139137069
  • 9781461950462
  • 1461950465
  • 9781107468382
  • 1107468388
  • 1107460905
  • 9781107460904
  • 1139890964
  • 9781139890960
  • 1107459087
  • 9781107459083
  • 1107471974
  • 9781107471979
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Criminal Law, Philosophy and Public Health Practice.DDC classification:
  • 345/.0242 23
LOC classification:
  • K3570 .C73 2013eb
NLM classification:
  • 2014 C-969
  • W 32.6
Other classification:
  • LAW093000
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction / A.M. Viens, John Coggon and Anthony S. Kessel -- 2. Criminal law, regulatory frameworks and public health / Roger Brownsword -- 3. Drugs, crime and public health: an insight from criminology Doug Husak -- 4. Criminal law, drugs and harm reduction / Tom Walker -- 5. Morality and strategy in politicising tobacco use: criminal law, public health, and philosophy / John Coggon -- 6. Pursued by the 'fat' police? Prosecuting the parents of obese children / Tracey Elliot -- 7. Disease transmission, liability and criminal law / James Chalmers -- 8. Compulsion, surveillance, testing and treatment: a truly 'criminal' matter? / Jean V. McHale -- 9. Epidemiological criminology and violence prevention: addressing the co-occurrence of criminal violence and poor health outcomes / Roberto H. Potter and Timothy A. Akers -- 10. Forensic epidemiology: strange bedfellows or the perfect match? Can public health and criminal law work together without losing their souls? / Zita Lazzarini -- 11. From the criminal to the consensual: the shifting mechanisms of environmental regulation / Robert G. Lee and Mark Stallworthy -- 12. Criminal law and global health governance / David P. Fidler.
Summary: Examines the theoretical and practical implications of using criminal law as a tool for protecting public health.
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1. Introduction / A.M. Viens, John Coggon and Anthony S. Kessel -- 2. Criminal law, regulatory frameworks and public health / Roger Brownsword -- 3. Drugs, crime and public health: an insight from criminology Doug Husak -- 4. Criminal law, drugs and harm reduction / Tom Walker -- 5. Morality and strategy in politicising tobacco use: criminal law, public health, and philosophy / John Coggon -- 6. Pursued by the 'fat' police? Prosecuting the parents of obese children / Tracey Elliot -- 7. Disease transmission, liability and criminal law / James Chalmers -- 8. Compulsion, surveillance, testing and treatment: a truly 'criminal' matter? / Jean V. McHale -- 9. Epidemiological criminology and violence prevention: addressing the co-occurrence of criminal violence and poor health outcomes / Roberto H. Potter and Timothy A. Akers -- 10. Forensic epidemiology: strange bedfellows or the perfect match? Can public health and criminal law work together without losing their souls? / Zita Lazzarini -- 11. From the criminal to the consensual: the shifting mechanisms of environmental regulation / Robert G. Lee and Mark Stallworthy -- 12. Criminal law and global health governance / David P. Fidler.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Examines the theoretical and practical implications of using criminal law as a tool for protecting public health.

English.

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