Management of offenders with mental disorder in specialist forensic mental health services Pamela J. Taylor Emma Dunn Philosophy and theoretical models Specialist forensic mental health (fmh) services are for people…
Managing offenders with psychiatric disorders in general psychiatric services James R. P. Ogloff It has been shown that the prevalence of mental illness among those in the criminal justice system…
The expert witness in the Criminal Court: assessment, reports, and testimony John O’Grady As an expert witness in the Criminal Court, the psychiatrist ceases to be simply a doctor as…
Assessing and managing the risks of violence towards others Paul E. Mullen James R. P. Ogloff ‘Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future’ Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Introduction Assessing and…
The impact of criminal victimization Gillian C. Mezey Ian Robbins Epidemiology The prevalence of crime depends on the methodological approach that is adopted, the questions being asked and the population…
Domestic violence Gillian C. Mezey Introduction Over the last decade, the issue of domestic violence has been transformed from a position of ‘selective inattention’ to becoming a high-priority social and…
Querulous behaviour: vexatious litigation, abnormally persistent complaining and petitioning Paul E. Mullen Querulantenwahn (Ger.) A form of so called paranoia in which there exists in a patient an insuppressible and…
Arson (fire-raising) Herschel Prins How great a matter a little fire kindleth! New Testament, authorised version (Letter of James, 3:5) The title of this chapter merits brief comment. Why is…
Child molesters and other sex offenders Stephen Hucker Introduction In most Western societies sexual offenders are more reviled than almost any other type of offender. On both sides of the…
