Lectures on violence, perversion, and delinquency / edited by David Morgan and Stanley Ruszczynski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morgan, David (David Howell)

Ruszczynski, Stan.

Series:

Portman papers.

The Portman papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violent crimes.

Criminal behavior.

Paraphilias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Karnac, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In this volume contemporary staff describe their thinking and clinical work. Theoretical underpinnings for the understanding of perversion and violence, questions of risk and ethics and the institutional difficulties which emerge in the care of these patients are presented alongside chapters on clinical work, with adults and adolescents, including chapters on paedophilia, the compulsive use of internet pornography and transsexuality. This volume is of relevance to all those working with people with a range of personality disorders and those working with individuals who present with these types of problems in the mental health services and in private practice. The Portman Clinic has been applying a psychoanalytic framework to the understanding and treatment of violent, perverse, criminal and delinquent patients since its foundations in the early 1930's. All Portman Clinic patients have crossed the boundary from fantasy and impulse to action - action which defies legal and moral boundaries but which also breaches the body boundary of the victims. Ultimately, the violence underlying most of such violent, perverse and delinquent action, also attacks and disturbs the mind of both the victim, be that an individual or society, and that of the perpetrator."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Copy Right; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; The Portman Papers; CHAPTER ONE: The Portman Clinic; CHAPTER TWO: The problem of certain psychic realities; CHAPTER THREE: The internal couple and the Oedipus complex in cases of perversion; CHAPTER FOUR: Psychoanalytic contributions to risk assessment and management; CHAPTER FIVE: Psychoanalytical aspects to the risk of containment of dangerous patients treated in high security; CHAPTER SIX: Perverse females; CHAPTER SEVEN: From biting teeth to biting wit; CHAPTER EIGHT: Brief communications from the edge

CHAPTER NINE: Compulsive use of virtual sex and internet pornographyCHAPTER TEN: Trans-sexuality; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Perverse patients' use of the body- their own and that of others; CHAPTER TWELVE: Ethical problems treating paedophile patients; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The forensic network and the internal world of the offender; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-251) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-78049-483-1

0-429-91564-0

0-429-90141-0

0-429-47664-7

1-283-06948-2

9786613069481

1-84940-585-9

9780429476648

OCLC:

723944685