Psychopaths : an introduction / / Herschel Prins
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| Autore: |
Prins Herschel
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| Titolo: |
Psychopaths : an introduction / / Herschel Prins
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| Pubblicazione: | Hampshire, England, : Waterside Press, c2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (176 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 616.85820068 |
| Soggetto topico: | Psychopaths |
| Mentally ill offenders | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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*** |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Psychopaths |
| ISBN: | 1-908162-33-3 |
| 1-908162-32-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811084603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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