Understanding the Management of High Risk Offenders [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Kemshall Hazel
• Pubblicazione: Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 365.64
• Soggetto topico: Sex crimes -- Prevention; Sex crimes -- Risk assessment; Sex offenders -- Mental health services; Sex offenders -- Mental health; Sex offenders -- Rehabilitation; Sex offenders; Social Welfare & Social Work; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency; Social Sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Half Title Page; Series Editor; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; Introduction; Chapter 1: Framing the problem: contemporary responses to high risk offenders; Chapter 2: Differing perspectives on an old problem: how do we know the dangerous?; Chapter 3: Risk assessment: difficulties and dilemmas; Chapter 4: Protection through partnership; Chapter 5: Risk management; Chapter 6: Key issues in managing high risk offenders; Chapter 7: Concluding comments; Glossary; References; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: High-risk offenders have been defined as those who have committed a violent or sexual offence, or who are assessed as likely to do so. This book brings together a wide range of research on responses to 'dangerousness', including the author's own original research on the community management of high risk offenders.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding the Management of High Risk Offenders
• ISBN: 1-281-95312-1; 0-335-23681-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453863703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II