Forensic Case Formulation (eBook)

Peter Sturmey is Professor of Psychology at Queens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He has published extensively on developmental disabilities, applied behavior analysis, and on issues relating to staff and parent training. Mary McMurran is Professor in the University of Nottingham's Institute of Mental Health. She has written extensively on personality disorders, alcohol-related aggression, and readiness to engage in therapy.

List of Contributors.

Series Editors' Preface.

Editors' Preface.

GENERAL ISSUES.

Chapter 1. Theoretical and Evidence-Based Approaches to Case
Formulation (Tracey D. Eells and Kenneth G. Lombart, University
of Kentucky, USA).

Chapter 2. Current Issues in Case Formulation (Gregory H.
Mumma, Texas Tech University).

Chapter 3. Does Case Formulation Make a Difference To Treatment
Outcome? (Ata Ghaderi, Uppsala University, Sweden).

VIOLENCE.

Chapter 4. Formulation of Violence Risk Using Evidence-Based
Assessments: The Structured Professional Judgment Approach
(Stephen D. Hart, Simon Fraser University and University of
Bergen and Caroline Logan, Greater Manchester West Mental Health
NHS Foundation Trust and University of Manchester).

Chapter 5. Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches To Formulating
Aggression And Violence (Kevin Howells, University of
Nottingham, UK).

Chapter 6. Formulation of Serious Violent Offending Using
Multiple Sequential Functional Analysis (Aidan J. P. Hart, David
M. Gresswell,University of Lincoln and Louise Braham, University of
Nottingham).

Chapter 7. Forensic Case Formulation, Substance Abuse Disorders
and Anger (Ellen Vedel, Jellinek Substance Abuse Treatment
Center and Paul M. G. Emmelkamp, University of Amsterdam).

SEXUAL OFFENDING.

Chapter 8. Sexual Offenses Against Children (James Vess &
Tony Ward, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand).

Chapter 9. Sexual Offenses Against Adults (Stacey L. Shipley,
North Texas State Hospital and Bruce A. Arrigo, University of North
Carolina - Charlotte).

SPECIFIC POPULATIONS.

Chapter 10. Forensic Case Formulation with Children and
Adolescents (Phil Rich, Stetson School, Massachussetts).

Chapter 11 Formulating Offending Behaviour In People With Mild
Learning Disabilities (William Lindsay, University of Abertay
Dundee, UK).

Chapter 12. Case formulation for Individuals With Personality
Disorder (Lawrence Jones, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust,
United Kingdom).

CONCLUSION.

Chapter 13. Forensic Case Formulation: Emerging Issues (Peter
Sturmey, City University of New York and Mary McMurran, University
of Nottingham, United Kingdom).

Peter Sturmey and Mary McMurran have edited an excellent book on
forensic case formulation for this Wiley-Blackwell series. The
authors of the chapters are well respected experts in the forensic
field. Readers who work in forensic services will find the
chapters on case formulation both informative theoretically and
helpful clinically. Work with offenders will be enhanced by
assimilating the ideas and suggestions in this book.

--Kate Davidson, Professor of Clinical
Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK