03675nam 2200589 a 450 991081108460332120240417232039.01-908162-33-31-908162-32-5(CKB)2670000000370167(StDuBDS)AH25272133(SSID)ssj0000908464(PQKBManifestationID)11944005(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000908464(PQKBWorkID)10901091(PQKB)10217453(OCoLC)843860811(MiAaPQ)EBC3416320(Au-PeEL)EBL3416320(CaPaEBR)ebr10696168(CaONFJC)MIL492607(EXLCZ)99267000000037016720150303d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrPsychopaths an introduction /Herschel Prins1st ed.Hampshire, England Waterside Pressc20131 online resource (176 pages) Introductory SeriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-904380-92-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 underlying causes, and the key provisions for dealing with criminal psychopaths, with examples. ***JUNE STOP PRESS***What is a psychopath? How can we tell? Are psychopaths always a risk to the public? How safe are we from criminal psychopaths? This basic guide looks at the history and development of psychopathy. It gives practical illustrations and explains key provisions for dealing with criminal psychopaths (with examples). It also examines possible causes, the difficulties involved in the assessment of risk, and the tools used to determine whether or not someone has a psychopathic personality.PsychopathsMentally ill offendersPsychopaths.Mentally ill offenders.616.85820068Prins Herschel1670927MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811084603321Psychopaths4033111UNINA