The disturbed violent offender / Hans Toch, Kenneth Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toch, Hans, author.

Contributor:

Adams, Kenneth, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence.

Prisoners--Mental health.

Prisoners.

Medical Subjects:

Violence.

Prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Revised edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 1994.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

Who constitutes the subset of mentally ill who behave violently? Which criminal offenders are disturbed? Using case histories that serve as vivid depictions of disturbed violent offenders and their offenses, [the authors] address these and other questions on the way to answering the central question of the book: What are the relationships between emotional disorders and violence? By analyzing the results of a study they conducted of inmates in the New York state prison system, the authors . . . shed new light on the relationship between mental illness and violent behavior. Through use of cluster analysis resulting in a number of specific typologies, they are able to make detailed connections between offenders with mental disorders and the behavioral paths they may follow. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)

Notes:

Originally published in 1989 by Yale University Press.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 1995. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s1995 dcunns.

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