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Title Criminal law, philosophy and public health practice / edited by A.M. Viens, John Coggon and Anthony S. Kessel
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages)
Series Cambridge bioethics and law
Cambridge bioethics and law.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Public health laws -- Criminal provisions.
Public health administration.
Criminal law.
Public Health -- legislation & jurisprudence
Criminal Law
Epidemiology -- legislation & jurisprudence
Forensic Sciences -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Policy -- legislation & jurisprudence
Public Health Administration
criminal law.
LAW -- Medical Law & Legislation.
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Criminal law
Public health administration
Public health laws -- Criminal provisions
Strafrecht
Rechtsphilosophie
Gesundheitsrecht
Form Electronic book
Author Viens, A. M. (Adrian M.), editor.
Coggon, John, 1980- editor.
Kessel, Anthony S. (Anthony Stephen), editor
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