Violence Risk: Assessment and Management
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book provides background and information to mental health professionals working in forensic settings on release decision making, with a particular focus on violent offenders. The emphasis is on how best to achieve the safe release of individuals from...
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This book provides background and information to mental health professionals working in forensic settings on release decision making, with a particular focus on violent offenders. The emphasis is on how best to achieve the safe release of individuals from psychiatric hospitals and prisons in a way that protects society while avoiding the undue restriction of individuals.Each chapter is on a specific topic such as law, risk, diagnosis, evidence and assessment tools and includes chapter summaries and case illustrations. This second edition will bring the material up-to-date, and enlarge the section on risk variables. A new section on risk management has been added. The legal section looks at examples from different legal systems giving the book a more international appeal, and the DSM influence will be lessened for the same reasons. Focus on violent offenders Gives overview of the risk assessment process Includes case illustrations and chapter summaries for ease of use
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Violence Risk: Assessment and Management “
About the Authors.List of Contributors.Foreword.Preface.Acknowledgments.1 Laws.2 Philosophies.3 Predictions.4 Errors.5 Disorders.Childhoods.Psychoses.Moods.Substances.Impulses.Perversions.Personalities.Concussions.6 Psychopaths.7 Studies.8 Baserates.9 Factors.10 Debates.11 Guides.12 Competitions.13 Sex Offenders (R. Karl Hanson).14 Spousal Assaulters (P. Randall Kropp).15 Interventions.16 Transitions (Mary-Lou Martin).17 Teams.18 Communications.19 Experts.20 Conclusions.Questions.References.Index.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Christopher Webster , Stephen J. Hucker
- 2007, 224 Seiten, Maße: 23 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0470027509
- ISBN-13: 9780470027509
Sprache:
Englisch
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