Scapegoats for a Profession

Scapegoating is projected here as an occurrence in justice systems of modern democracies. Daniel documents several disciplinary cases brought against successful professionals in law and medicine in order to do this, arguing that they are examples of community scapegoating by these professions.

Autorentext

Ann Daniel, University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia

Inhalt

Acknowledgments; Introduction: Disciplinary Practices; Chapter 1: Scapegoats; Chapter 2:Professional Communities; Chapter 3: Scandals in Psychiatry; Chapter 4: The Cost of Justice; Chapter 5: A Scandal of Church and State; Chapter 6: The Longest Trial: William McBride; Chapter 7: A Question of Justice; Bibliography; Index;