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Book Synopsis Crimes of Violence by Mentally Abnormal Offenders by : H. Häfner
Download or read book Crimes of Violence by Mentally Abnormal Offenders written by H. Häfner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed and systematic 1973 account of the extent to which mentally abnormal offenders are likely to commit violent crimes, based upon a study of all the 533 men and women in the Federal German Republic from 1955 to 1964 who were detained in hospitals after committing homicide or near-homicide.
Book Synopsis Mental Disorder and Crime by : Sheilagh Hodgins
Download or read book Mental Disorder and Crime written by Sheilagh Hodgins and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1992-12-29 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors to this volume present and discuss new data which suggest that major mental disorder substantially increases the risk of violent crime. These findings come at a crucial time, since those who suffer from mental disorders are increasingly living in the community, rather than in institutions. The book describes the magnitude and complexity of the problem and offers hope that humane, effective intervention can prevent violent crime being committed by the seriously mentally disordered.
Book Synopsis The Disturbed Violent Offender by : Hans Toch
Download or read book The Disturbed Violent Offender written by Hans Toch and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 1989 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who constitutes the mentally ill who behave violently? Which criminal offenders are disturbed? Using case histories that serve as depictions of disturbed offenders and their offences, this book addresses these and other questions on the relationship between emotional disorders and violence.
Book Synopsis The Criminally Insane by : Terence Thornberry
Download or read book The Criminally Insane written by Terence Thornberry and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1979-04 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Criminally Insane is the largest scale in-depth follow-up study on mentally ill criminals yet to appear. This book challenges the assumption that inmates of maximum-security mental hospitals are extraordinarily violent and questions the necessity for maintaining maximum-security institutions which currently house some 15,000 persons in the United States. In 1971, 586 patients were released from a Pennsylvania maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane. They were not considered officially "cured," but a federal court held that their commitments had been unconstitutional. Through exhaustive examination of hospital and police records and interviews with hospital administrators and the subjects themselves, Thornberry and Jacoby assess the processes by which the patients had been retained in confinement, the impact of their release upon their communities, and their ability to adjust to the freedom of community life. The authors demonstrate that the patients did not display a significant level of violent behavior during confinement, nor did they pose a major threat to society after release. In fact, their social and psychological adjustment to community life is shown to have been comparable to that of non-criminal mental patients. Yet despite these findings the subjects had been retained in maximum-security confinement for an average of fourteen years because they were predicted to be violent and "dangerous" to society. The authors explain this inaccuracy by a process called "political prediction," in which clinicians avoid any potential risks to the community, the reputation of their hospitals, and their careers by consistently overpredicting dangerous behavior. The Criminally Insane will stimulate response from professionals in a wide variety of fields, including law, criminology, psychiatry, and sociology, and from anyone concerned with society's responsibility to the mentally ill offender.
Book Synopsis Violence, Crime and Mentally Disordered Offenders by : Sheilagh Hodgins
Download or read book Violence, Crime and Mentally Disordered Offenders written by Sheilagh Hodgins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-06-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mentally disordered criminal is a public nightmare, and themanagement of these offenders can be driven as much by politicaland economic concerns as by scientific evidence and professionaljudgement within the fields of mental health and correctionservices. This book aims to provide a critical and focused reviewof knowledge and best practice in this field for mental health andcorrection professionals and for those concerned with policy andmanagement of services for these offenders. Mentally disordered offenders include offenders who suffer fromschizophrenia, major affective disorders, personality disorders(including psychopathy), brain damage, and mental retardation. Thetopic is of increasing importance because of the growth ofcommunity psychiatry, and the growing community programmes foroffenders, and also because of the growing pressures on thoseinstitutions which deal with offenders and care for the mentallydisordered or disabled. Professionals in these fields will welcomethis book which: * Provides a review of approaches to treatment, accessible to awide mental health and forensic readership * Relates treatment approaches to specific mental problems, andreviews evidence of effectiveness * features a truly international group of authors bringing togethera wide variety of approaches, scientific research, and practicalexperience of important programmes for treatment and prevention "Few recent texts provide both the depth and breadth necessary tounderstand the vexing behaviour of mentally disordered offenders.Drs Hodgins and Muller-Isberner, a remarkable pairing of researchand clinical expertise, have put together a highly readable andsuperb resource for anyone interested in this interface of seriousmental illness and criminal behavior. The authors of theconstituent chapters are leading authorities in their respectiveareas and have provided thoughtful commentary on the most recentinternational literature. This is a first-rate treatment of arapidly growing and fascinating field." Marvin Swartz, DukeUniversity, USA
Book Synopsis Gun Violence and Mental Illness by : Liza H. Gold, M.D.
Download or read book Gun Violence and Mental Illness written by Liza H. Gold, M.D. and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps never before has an objective, evidence-based review of the intersection between gun violence and mental illness been more sorely needed or more timely. Gun Violence and Mental Illness, written by a multidisciplinary roster of authors who are leaders in the fields of mental health, public health, and public policy, is a practical guide to the issues surrounding the relation between firearms deaths and mental illness. Tragic mass shootings that capture headlines reinforce the mistaken beliefs that people with mental illness are violent and responsible for much of the gun violence in the United States. This misconception stigmatizes individuals with mental illness and distracts us from the awareness that approximately 65% of all firearm deaths each year are suicides. This book is an apolitical exploration of the misperceptions and realities that attend gun violence and mental illness. The authors frame both pressing social issues as public health problems subject to a variety of interventions on individual and collective levels, including utilization of a novel perspective: evidence-based interventions focusing on assessments and indicators of dangerousness, with or without indications of mental illness. Reader-friendly, well-structured, and accessible to professional and lay audiences, the book: * Reviews the epidemiology of gun violence and its relationship to mental illness, exploring what we know about those who perpetrate mass shootings and school shootings. * Examines the current legal provisions for prohibiting access to firearms for those with mental illness and whether these provisions and new mandated reporting interventions are effective or whether they reinforce negative stereotypes associated with mental illness. * Discusses the issues raised in accessing mental health treatment in regard to diminished treatment resources, barriers to access, and involuntary commitment.* Explores novel interventions for addressing these issues from a multilevel and multidisciplinary public health perspective that does not stigmatize people with mental illness. This includes reviews of suicide risk assessment; increasing treatment engagement; legal, social, and psychiatric means of restricting access to firearms when people are in crisis; and, when appropriate, restoration of firearm rights. Mental health clinicians and trainees will especially appreciate the risk assessment strategies presented here, and mental health, public health, and public policy researchers will find Gun Violence and Mental Illness a thoughtful and thought-provoking volume that eschews sensationalism and embraces serious scholarship.
Book Synopsis A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health by : Teresa L. Scheid
Download or read book A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health written by Teresa L. Scheid and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition and treatment of mental disorders and cultural variability. Part II investigates effects of social context, considering class, gender, race and age, and the critical role played by stress, marriage, work and social support. Part III focuses on the organization, delivery and evaluation of mental health services, including the criminalization of mental illness, the challenges posed by HIV, and the importance of stigma. This is a key research reference source that will be useful to both undergraduates and graduate students studying mental health and illness from any number of disciplines.
Book Synopsis Criminality and Violence among the Mentally Disordered by : Sheilagh Hodgins
Download or read book Criminality and Violence among the Mentally Disordered written by Sheilagh Hodgins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years it has become apparent that mentally ill people are at increased risk of committing crimes of violence. Most writing and research about crime and mental disorder has focused necessarily on the immediate problems which confront clinicians and law makers - assessing and managing the future risk of violence. In this important new book the authors attempt to step back from these immediate preoccupations and describe the criminality of the mentally ill and try to identify the complex chain of factors which cause it. As part of their analysis they examine a unique cohort composed of 15,117 persons born in Stockholm who were studied from pregnancy to the age of thirty. While they conclude that we still do not understand exactly how and why persons with major mental disorders commit crimes, their findings make a valuable contribution to ongoing debates on mental health and criminal justice policy and practice.
Book Synopsis Violence and Mental Illness by : Lia Ahonen
Download or read book Violence and Mental Illness written by Lia Ahonen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief summarizes the existing body of knowledge about the links between mental illness and violence, recommends improved methods to deal with potentially violent individuals with mental illness, and identifies pressing implementation and research needs. In public perception and media reports, mental illness and violence - particularly gun violence - are unquestionably linked. However, empirical research presents a more nuanced and complex view of this relationship. Taking into account differences between youth and adults, as well as gender and racial difference, this innovative volume will be useful to policy-makers, legislators, researchers and students interested in addressing the growing public concern about mentally ill individuals at risk for violence.
Book Synopsis Psychopathology and Violent Crime by : Andrew E. Skodol
Download or read book Psychopathology and Violent Crime written by Andrew E. Skodol and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 1998 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychopathology and Violent Crime goes to the heart of this controversial and complex subject. Dr. Skodol presents the results of extensive epidemiologic samples and studies of criminal populations on the correlation between crime and mental disorder.
Book Synopsis Serving Mentally Ill Offenders by : Gerald Landsberg, DSW
Download or read book Serving Mentally Ill Offenders written by Gerald Landsberg, DSW and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002-01-10 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book addresses the complex issues associated with the criminalization of mentally ill offenders in the United States and the ways in which social workers and other mental health professionals can best channel their efforts to create better services and treatment. Specialists in law enforcement, community-based mental health and outreach, the legal community, the corrections environment, and substance abuse providers present best practices and programs that offer rehabilitation alternatives to mentally ill offenders. Unique to this volume is the perspective provided by key players of the criminal justice system including a judge, a prosecutor, an advocate, a defense attorney, and a mentally ill offender. The last section provides in-depth research into the challenges of placing the dually-diagnosed offender into alternative-to-incarceration programs.
Book Synopsis Mentally Abnormal Offenders by : Michael John Craft
Download or read book Mentally Abnormal Offenders written by Michael John Craft and published by Bailliere Tindall Limited. This book was released on 1984 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this collection examine the mentally abnormal offender from a variety of perspectives. The nature and incidence of the offence is treated first, including a survey of the crimes most commonly associated with mental abnormality : shoplifting, sexual offences and murder. The section on the offender analyses the factors that cause abnormality and the work on the prediction of dangerousness. The section on the law contains contributions on the practical and social principles governing the law in this field in both the UK and the USA. A section on the courts and their handling of the mentally ill is followed by eight chapters on treatment issues.
Book Synopsis Crime and Mental Disorder by : John Monahan
Download or read book Crime and Mental Disorder written by John Monahan and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Criminality and Violence among the Mentally Disordered by : Sheilagh Hodgins
Download or read book Criminality and Violence among the Mentally Disordered written by Sheilagh Hodgins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there has been a significant increase in crime among persons suffering from major mental disorders. The authors attempt to describe the criminality of the mentally ill and to identify the complex chain of factors which cause it. As part of their analysis they examine a unique group of 15,117 persons born in Stockholm who were studied from prenatal development to the age of thirty. Their findings make a valuable contribution to ongoing debates on mental health and criminal justice policy and practice.
Book Synopsis Mental Health, Crime and Criminal Justice by : Jane Winstone
Download or read book Mental Health, Crime and Criminal Justice written by Jane Winstone and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has long been known that the pathway through the criminal justice system for those with mental health needs is fraught with difficulty. This interdisciplinary collection explores key issues in mental health, crime and criminal justice, including: offenders' rights; intervention designs; desistance; health-informed approaches to offending and the medical needs of offenders; psychological jurisprudence, and; collaborative and multi-agency practice. This volume draws on the knowledge of professionals and academics working in this field internationally, as well as the experience of service users. It offers a solution-focused response to these issues, and promotes both equality and quality of experience for service users. It will be essential reading for practitioners, scholars and students with an interest in forensic mental health and criminal justice.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :108 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Impact of Mentally Ill Offenders on the Criminal Justice System by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime
Download or read book Impact of Mentally Ill Offenders on the Criminal Justice System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Mentally Abnormal Offender by : A. V. S. de Reuck
Download or read book The Mentally Abnormal Offender written by A. V. S. de Reuck and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-16 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
