Psychopaths : an introduction / Herschel Prins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prins, Herschel.

Series:

Introductory Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychopaths.

Mentally ill offenders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hampshire, England : Waterside Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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***

What is a psychopath? How can we tell? Are psychopaths always a risk to the public? How safe are we from criminal psychopaths? This basic guide looks at the history and development of psychopathy. It gives practical illustrations and explains key provisions for dealing with criminal psychopaths (with examples). It also examines possible causes, the difficulties involved in the assessment of risk, and the tools used to determine whether or not someone has a psychopathic personality.

Contents:

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

Services and Procedures - Further Considered

Hospital Disposals

Secure Provision

Penal provisions

Supervision in the community

Other National Decision-making and Advisory Bodies

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 28, 2013).

ISBN:

9781908162335

1908162333

9781908162328

1908162325

OCLC:

843860811