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Managing fear : the law and ethics of preventive detention and risk assessment / Bernadette McSherry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McSherry, Bernadette.
- Series:
- International perspectives on forensic mental health
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detention of persons.
- Detention of persons--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Detention of persons--Government policy--History.
- Risk assessment--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Risk assessment.
- Risk perception--Social aspects.
- Risk perception.
- Mental health personnel--Professional ethics.
- Mental health personnel.
- Mental health personnel and patient--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Mental health personnel and patient.
- Detention of persons--Government policy.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 262 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2014.
- Contents:
- Introduction and theories of risk and precaution
- Introduction
- Theories of risk and precaution
- Risk assessment instruments and techniques
- The laws of preventive detention and supervision
- Laws of preventive detention
- Supervision, control, and community treatment orders
- Proving risk in preventive detention and supervision proceedings
- Human rights and ethical issues
- Human rights issues
- The ethics of forensic risk assessment
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138000735
- 1138000736
- 9780415632393
- 0415632390
- OCLC:
- 828768870
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