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Dangerous People: Policy, Prediction, and Practice (International Perspectives on Forensic Mental Health) Hardcover – Illustrated, 21 July 2011

by Bernadette McSherry (Editor), Patrick Keyzer (Editor)

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Experienced legal academics and mental health professionals explore the current approaches to “dangerousness” and preventive detention. The defining characteristics of those deemed dangerous by society vary according to culture, place, and time, and the contributors to this text have gathered to analyze the policies and practices related to current out-groups such as sex offenders, suspected terrorists, and young offenders in the United States, Scotland, England, and Australia. Dangerous People is the result of their research, workshopping, and writing. The text is organized logically and begins with a section on Parameters that explores the international human rights and legal limitations related to preventive detention schemes. It moves on to Policy, where contributors examine legislative policy, and Prediction, or risk assessment, especially in terms of violent crimes in youth. The section on Practice focuses on recent schemes to prevent re-offending. This text is indispensible as a resource that deals with the practical issues surrounding preventive detention and supervision schemes, the assessment of the risk of future harm in offenders, and different programs and sentencing options for high-risk offenders with mental illnesses. It contains case examples that bring real-life issues to light and sets forth an agenda to provide effective ways to protect communities from harm.

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Publisher : Routledge; 1st edition (21 July 2011)
Language: : English
Hardcover : 310 pages
ISBN-10 : 0415884950
ISBN-13 : 978-0415884952
Dimensions : 17.78 x 2.29 x 25.4 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 3,976,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 1,456 in Criminal & Forensic Psychology (Books)
- 13,237 in Clinical Psychology (Books)
- 15,910 in Psychotherapy & Clinical Psychology

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“Bernadette McSherry and Patrick Keyzer have brought together an elite group of cutting-edge scholars to critically examine how we manage―or fail to manage―those who frighten us. The contributors have carefully integrated scientific rigor and clinical insight with a keen sensitivity to human rights. Cogently organized and lucidly written, Dangerous People will have an important and lasting influence on international risk assessment policy and practice.”–John Monahan, Shannon Distinguished Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry, University of Virginia, USA

“Dangerous People is an excellent resource and very good read. Drawing together international experts from different disciplines, it brings a much needed level of depth and sophistication to the vexed question of how we protect society from ‘dangerous people.’ A must-read for clinicians, lawyers, and policy makers alike!” – James Ogloff, Director, Psychological Services, Forensicare, Victoria, Australia

About the Author

Bernadette McSherry, PhD, is an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and a Professor of Law at Monash University in Australia.

Patrick Keyzer, PhD, is the Director of the Centre for Law, Governance and Public Policy, and Professor of Law at Bond University.

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Marc Kozlowski

A must-read for all criminal justice professionals

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Forensic psychology does not stop evolving. As the body of evidence mounts ever higher, old axioms are challenged, re-shaped and sometimes replaced. This book is a testament to the validity and currency of research in this area. It shines an unforgiving light into some previously cosy corners of forensic psychology, and forces practitioners to assess and review a number of our existing practices and assumptions. Not for the fainthearted. A must-read for those who want to ensure that our practice is evidence-based.

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