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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813278903321

Titolo

The evolution of forensic psychiatry : history, current developments, future directions / / edited by Robert L. Sadoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-026936-7

0-19-024969-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Disciplina

614/.15

Soggetti

Forensic psychiatry

Forensic psychiatry - History

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Appendix: ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Forensic Psychiatry

Sommario/riassunto

Dr. Robert Sadoff's The Evolution of Forensic Psychiatry is extraordinarily unique in that it is not intended to be a textbook or a guide to forensic psychiatry. Instead, this book is a fascinating mix of historical beginnings, current developments, representative subspecialties of psychiatry, and several allied disciplines and their impact on forensic psychiatry. Furthermore, it also includes neuroscientific research and how it translates to civic and criminal case work. Judges, attorneys, law professors and a police scientist all weigh in on the influence of the interdisciplinary research th