Offenders, Deviants or Patients? - Brossura

Prins, Herschel

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0415102219 ISBN 13: 9780415102216

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1995

Riassunto

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.

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Contenuti:

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

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Book by Prins Herschel

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0415102219
• ISBN 13: 9780415102216
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 296