Routledge Disease and Crime: A History of Social Pathologies

Explore the complex connections between public health and criminal justice in this scholarly work from Routledge. As modern society increasingly links disease and crime, this book examines how news reports use epidemic language to describe crime and how politicians frame terrorism as a pathological threat. While new fields like epidemiological criminology have emerged to merge health and justice, there is a lack of research regarding the historical roots of these comparisons. This text addresses that gap by investigating the historical contexts of disease and crime equations. It looks at the continuities and discontinuities that define how these two social issues have been viewed together over time. This volume is an essential resource for students, researchers, and professionals in cultural history, criminology, and public health. It provides the necessary historical perspective to understand the modern politics of health and the evolving ways society manages social pathologies.