Offenders, Deviants or Patients?
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1995
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2nd New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-10220-9 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-10220-9 (ISBN)
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Examines the relationship between mental abnormality and criminal behaviour, the ways this is used or misused in the courts and the treatment available. Thoroughly updated and unique in its multidisciplinary approach.
How responsible are mentally disordered offenders for their crimes? Aimed specifically at understanding the social context of the serious criminal offender who is deemed to be mentally abnormal, this new edition of Offenders, Deviants or Patients? takes into account the many changes in legal practice, methods of treatment and attitudes since the first edition was published in 1980. Herschel Prins examines the relationship between mental abnormality and criminal behaviour, the extent to which this relationship is used (or misused) in the criminal courts and the various facilities that are currently available for treatment.
Unique in its multidisciplinary approach Offenders, Deviants or Patients? will be invaluable to all those who come into contact with serious offenders.
How responsible are mentally disordered offenders for their crimes? Aimed specifically at understanding the social context of the serious criminal offender who is deemed to be mentally abnormal, this new edition of Offenders, Deviants or Patients? takes into account the many changes in legal practice, methods of treatment and attitudes since the first edition was published in 1980. Herschel Prins examines the relationship between mental abnormality and criminal behaviour, the extent to which this relationship is used (or misused) in the criminal courts and the various facilities that are currently available for treatment.
Unique in its multidisciplinary approach Offenders, Deviants or Patients? will be invaluable to all those who come into contact with serious offenders.
Acknowledgements Foreword Preface List of Tables and Figures Part I Legal and Administrative Frameworks 1. Problem Areas Revisited 2. Responsibility (Liability) For Crime 3. Systems of Disposal Part II Clinical Considerations 4. Mental Disturbance and Criminality 5. Psychopathic Disorder - A Useful Lable? 6. Violence and Homicide 7. Fire Raising 8. Sexual Behaviour and Misbehaviour 9. Will They Do It Again? 10. Training: Enhancing Understanding 11. Concluding Comments Name Index Subject Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.3.1995 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-10220-0 / 0415102200 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-10220-9 / 9780415102209 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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