Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Law, psychiatry and the problem of disorder; 2. Histories of psychiatry and the asylum; 3. The borderland patient; 4. Counting, eugenics, mental hygiene; 5. The space for personality; 6. Surfaces of emergence; 7. Personality and dangerousness.

Promotional Information

Personality and Dangerousness, first published in 2001, traces the history of the category of antisocial personality disorder.

About the Author

David McCallum is Associate Professor in Sociology at Victoria University in Melbourne. He is the author of The Social Productions of Merit (1990) and numerous chapters and articles on the history of human sciences and government.

Reviews

'... a compelling read for those interested in a detailed history of legal and psychiatric responses to such disorders.' The Psychologist 'McCallum has painstakingly assembled a rich collection of quotations from psychiatrists, neurologists and medical superintendents.' Psychological Medicine