Criminal Justice, Mental Health and the Politics of Risk

✍ Scribed by Gray et al

• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 282
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Criminal Justice, Mental Health and the Politics of Risk addresses the important issues which lie at the forefront of decision making and policy in criminal justice and health care. The book brings together several perpectives from a number of distinguished academic lawyers, criminologists, psychologists and psychiatrists. It is multi-disciplinary in its approach and is jointly edited by a lawyer, a criminologist and a psychologist - all of whom have expertise and experience in this field. The book is written in the light of the current emphasis on risk assessment and management as well as the recent government proposals to reform mental health law and detain dangerous and severely personality disordered individuals. It provides a theoretical overview for academics and students in the fields of medical law, mental health law, criminal justice, psychology, sociology, criminology and psychiatry. In addition, the book's highly topical and pragmatic approach will appeal to numerous professionals and practitioners

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
Contributors......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 12
CONTENTS......Page 14
1 RISK THE PROFESSIONAL THE INDIVIDUAL......Page 16
2 RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE REAL WORLD......Page 30
3 PSYCHOPATHY AND RISK FOR RECIDIVISM AND VIOLENCE......Page 42
4 THE ETHICS OF CLINICAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPING LAW AND THE ROLE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS......Page 64
5 RADICAL RISK MANAGEMENT MENTAL HEALTH AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE......Page 84
6 BALANCING RIGHTS AND RISKS DILEMMAS OF JUSTICE AND DIFFERENCE......Page 114
7 RISKY MONEY REGULATING FINANCIAL CRIME......Page 138
8 THE LANGUAGE AND TECHNOLOGIES OF RISK......Page 164
9 PUBLIC PROTECTION PARTNERSHIP AND RISK PENALITY THE MULTI AGENCY RISK MANAGEMENT OF SEXUAL AND VIOLENT OFFENDERS......Page 184
10 RISKINESS AND AT RISK NESS SOME AMBIGUOUS FEATURES OF THE CURRENT PENAL LANDSCAPE......Page 214
Bibliography......Page 234
Index......Page 270