Criminal law, philosophy and public health practice /

Criminal law, philosophy and public health practice / Criminal Law, Philosophy & Public Health Practice edited by A.M. Viens, John Coggon and Anthony S. Kessel. - 1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge bioethics and law . - Cambridge bioethics and law. .

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Criminal law, regulatory frameworks and public health / Drugs, crime and public health : an insight from criminology / Criminal law, drugs and harm reduction / Morality and strategy in politicising tobacco use : criminal law, public health, and philosophy / Pursued by the 'fat' police? : Prosecuting the parents of obese children / Disease transmission, liability and criminal law / Compulsion, surveillance, testing and treatment : a truly 'criminal' matter? / Epidemiological criminology and violence prevention : addressing the co-occurrence of criminal violence and poor health outcomes / Forensic epidemiology : strange bedfellows or the perfect match? : Can public health and criminal law work together without losing their souls? / From the criminal to the consensual : the shifting mechanisms of environmental regulation / Criminal law and global health governance / A.M. Viens, John Coggon and Anthony S. Kessel -- Roger Brownsword -- Doug Husak -- Tom Walker -- John Coggon -- Tracey Elliot -- James Chalmers -- Jean V. McHale -- Roberto H. Potter and Timothy A. Akers -- Zita Lazzarini -- Robert G. Lee and Mark Stallworthy -- David P. Fidler. Introduction /

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.


English

1107464870 9781107468382 eBook


Public health laws--Criminal provisions.
Public health administration.

K3570 / .C75 2013

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