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UNINA9910811084603321 |
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Autore |
Prins Herschel |
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Titolo |
Psychopaths : an introduction / / Herschel Prins |
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Hampshire, England, : Waterside Press, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-908162-33-3 |
1-908162-32-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Psychopaths |
Mentally ill offenders |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Preface: A Brief Historical Perspective -- The Purpose of this Book -- References, Further Reading and Food for Thought -- Origins and Orientation -- Pioneers - and a Little Social History -- Literary Allusions -- Clinical Accounts -- Therapeutic Communities -- Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder -- Neuro-physio-psychological and Other Approaches -- Emerging Themes -- Mind Over Matter -- A Selection of Hazards -- What Is Personality? -- Is it All in the Mind? -- Some Further Developments in the Neurosciences -- Family Constellation and Psychopathy -- Concluding Comments -- Aspects of Management -- Introduction -- Close Encounters of an Uncomfortable Kind -- An Australian Illustration -- The Michael Stone Case and DSPD -- What Followed -- Concluding Comments -- Services and Procedures - Further Considered -- Hospital Disposals -- Secure Provision -- Penal provisions -- Supervision in the community -- Other National Decision-making and Advisory Bodies -- Concluding Comments -- Ill or Evil? -- An Eye to the Future -- Select Bibliography -- Chronological List of Key Statutes -- Glossary -- Index -- Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know -- Back cover. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A highly intriguing exploration of the history and development of psychopathy, asking what is a psychopath, how can we tell, and are we at risk? Examines the many different types of psychopaths, the |
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