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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808230203321

Autore

Prins Herschel A.

Titolo

Will they do it again? : risk assessment and management in criminal justice and psychiatry / / Herschel Prins ; foreword by Keith Soothill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-72110-2

1-134-72111-0

0-203-17187-X

1-280-32845-2

0-203-13500-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

362.2/042

Soggetti

Mentally ill offenders

Criminal behavior, Prediction of

Psychology, Pathological

Social psychiatry

Risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on case examples; Understanding uncertainty; Legal and administrative aspects; Serious mental disturbance and violence; With the (doubtful) benefit of hindsight; Improving practice; Epilogue; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Focus in the media on the risks posed to ordinary people has become increasingly strong in recent years - particularly on those risks popularly perceived to be posed by the mentally ill. But how justified is this concern? How do we best manage so-called dangerous people? In Will They Do It Again? Herschel Prins considers the issue of public protection within a broad context of risk in society generally, examining the concerns arising in contemporary society from dealing with uncertainty. It is argued that public fear over the danger posed by the mentally ill is at odds with the ev