Juvenile delinquency and serious antisocial behaviour Susan Bailey Introduction Juvenile crime and delinquency represent a significant social and public health concern. Both rates of mental disorders and offending are high…
Fraud, deception, and thieves David V. James Introduction Dishonesty and deception are mundane and ubiquitous elements of human behaviour. Various forms are also categorized as criminal offences in the codes…
Homicide offenders including mass murder and infanticide Nicola Swinson Jennifer Shaw There is a widespread public perception of the mentally ill as violent.(1,2) Until the early 1980s there was a…
Mental disorders among offenders in correctional settings James R. P. Ogloff Incontrovertible evidence now exists to show that the prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners far exceeds that found in…
Cognitive disorders, epilepsy, ADHD, and offending Norbert Nedopil ‘Cognitive disorders’ is a broad and heterogeneous diagnostic category, which includes different disorders, each with a distinct aetiology. They affect individuals in…
Offending, substance misuse, and mental disorder Andrew Johns This chapter deals with the relationship between offending, substance misuse, and mental disorder, and also describes approaches to clinical and medico-legal assessment….
Associations between psychiatric disorder and offending Lindsay Thomson Rajan Darjee Introduction The associations between psychiatric disorder and offending are complex. There has been a great deal of research into certain…
Psychosocial causes of offending David P. Farrington Introduction Scope of this chapter Offending is part of a larger syndrome of antisocial behaviour that arises in childhood and tends to persist…
General principles of law relating to people with mental disorder Michael Gunn Kay Wheat Introduction This chapter provides a scheme for assisting in the analysis of two areas of law…
The planning and provision of psychiatric services for adults with intellectual disability Nick Bouras Geraldine Holt Introduction The functioning of people with intellectual disability (ID) is affected by many factors….
