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Dangerous people : policy, prediction, and practice / edited by Bernadette McSherry and Patrick Keyzer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International perspectives on forensic mental health
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detention of persons--Congresses.
- Detention of persons.
- Sex offenders--Congresses.
- Sex offenders.
- Terrorists--Congresses.
- Terrorists.
- Mentally ill offenders--Congresses.
- Mentally ill offenders.
- Violent offenders--Congresses.
- Violent offenders.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, [2011]
- Summary:
- Drawn from research funded by the Australian Research Council and prepared in conjunction with a workshop at Monash University, Prato ,Italy, this collection of papers examines several key questions in public policy regarding the detention and treatment of persons deemed dangerous to society. The research covers topics such as the civil commitment of sex offenders, quarantine of those with infectious diseases, the treatment of asylum seekers and the mentally ill. Individual essays discuss such subjects as international human rights perspectives on detention without charge, sexual offender commitment laws in the U.S.A., assessing and managing violent youth and case managing high-risk offenders. Contributors include academics in mental health public policy and legal disciplines from the U.S., UK and Australia. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415884952
- 0415884950
- OCLC:
- 701672525
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