Criminal Law, Philosophy and Public Health Practice

Criminal Law, Philosophy and Public Health Practice

Author: A. M. Viens

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-10-31

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1107470366

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The goal of improving public health involves the use of different tools, with the law being one way to influence the activities of institutions and individuals. Of the regulatory mechanisms afforded by law to achieve this end, criminal law remains a perennial mechanism to delimit the scope of individual and group conduct. Utilising criminal law may promote or hinder public health goals, and its use raises a number of complex questions that merit exploration. This examination of the interface between criminal law and public health brings together international experts from a variety of disciplines, including law, criminology, public health, philosophy and health policy, in order to examine the theoretical and practical implications of using criminal law to improve public health.


Epidemiological Criminology

Epidemiological Criminology

Author: Timothy A. Akers

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-12-26

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 0470638893

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"Written by the three leading experts in the field, this book combines an introduction to the sources and methods of epidemiological criminology and an application of these methods to some of the most vexing problems now confronting researchers and practitioners in public health and criminology. The book describes, explains, and applies the newly formulated practice of epidemiological criminology, an emerging discipline that links methods and statistical models of public health, particularly epidemiological theory, methods, and models, with the corresponding tools of their criminal justice counterparts. The book also applies epidemiological criminology as a practical tool to address population issues of violence and crime on a national and global basis"--Provided by publisher.


The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Criminal Law

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Criminal Law

Author: John Deigh

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-09-22

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 0195314859

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This title contains 17 original essays by leading thinkers in the field and covers the field's major topics including limits to criminalization, obscenity and hate speech, blackmail, the law of rape, attempts, accomplice liability, causation responsibility, justification and excuse, duress, and more.


Philosophy for Public Health and Public Policy

Philosophy for Public Health and Public Policy

Author: James Wilson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0192844059

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This work argues that philosophy is not just useful, but vital, for thinking coherently about priorities in health policy and public policy.


Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice

Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice

Author: Charles Guest

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-02-28

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 0199586306

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Fully revised and updated for the third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice remains the first resort for all those working in this broad field. Structured to assist with practical tasks, translating evidence into policy, and providing concise summaries and real-world issues from across the globe, this literally provides a world of experience at your fingertips. Easy-to-use, concise and practical, it is structured into seven parts that focus on the vital areas of assessment, data and information, direct action, policy, health-care systems, personal effectiveness and organisational development. Reflecting recent advances, the most promising developments in practical public health are presented, as well as maintaining essential summaries of core disciplines. This handbook is designed to assist students and practitioners around the world, for improved management of disasters, epidemics, health behaviour, acute and chronic disease prevention, community and government action, environmental health, vulnerable populations, and more.


Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law

Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law

Author: Amel Alghrani

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1107025125

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This volume analyses how effectively criminal law operates as a forum for resolving ethical conflict in the delivery of health care.


Emergency Ethics

Emergency Ethics

Author: Bruce Jennings

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0190270748

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Leading scholars in bioethics and public health ethics clarify the key values and norms of emergency planning and response and address ethical issues relating to the allocation of scarce resources, research in the context of emergencies, community participation in preparedness planning, the protection of those with special needs, and the duties public health professionals.


Public Health, Mental Health, and Mass Atrocity Prevention

Public Health, Mental Health, and Mass Atrocity Prevention

Author: Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-07-29

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1000414248

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This multidisciplinary volume considers the role of both public health and mental health policies and practices in the prevention of mass atrocity, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The authors address atrocity prevention through the framework of primary (pre-conflict), secondary (mid-conflict), and tertiary (post-conflict) settings. They examine the ways in which public health and mental health scholars and practitioners currently orient their research and interventions and the ways in which we can adapt frameworks, methods, tools, and practice toward a more sophisticated and truly interdisciplinary understanding and application of atrocity prevention. The book brings together diverse fields of study by global north and global south authors in diverse contexts. It culminates in a narrative that demonstrates the state of the current fields on intersecting themes within public health, mental health, and mass atrocity prevention and the future potential directions in which these intersections could go. Such discussions will serve to influence both policy makers and practitioners in these fields toward developing, adapting, and testing frames and tools for atrocity prevention. Multidisciplinary perspectives are represented among editors and authors, including law, political science, international studies, public health, mental health, philosophy, clinical psychology, social psychology, history, and peace studies.


Criminal Law, Philosophy and Public Health Practice

Criminal Law, Philosophy and Public Health Practice

Author: Adrian M. Viens

Publisher:

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9781107471979

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The goal of improving public health involves the use of different tools, with the law being one way to influence the activities of institutions and individuals. Of the regulatory mechanisms afforded by law to achieve this end, criminal law remains a perennial mechanism to delimit the scope of individual and group conduct. Utilising criminal law may promote or hinder public health goals, and its use raises a number of complex questions that merit exploration. This examination of the interface between criminal law and public health brings together international experts from a variety of disciplines, including law, criminology, public health, philosophy and health policy, in order to examine the theoretical and practical implications of using criminal law to improve public health.


A Philosophy of the Social Construction of Crime

A Philosophy of the Social Construction of Crime

Author: David Polizzi

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 1447327322

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This book situates the social construction of crime and criminal behaviour within the philosophical context of phenomenology and explores how these constructions inform, and justify, the policies employed to address them. It is essential reading for academics and students interested in social theory and theories of criminology.