Law and Mental Health. International Perspectives

✍ Scribed by David N. Weisstub (Eds.)

Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Leaves: 279
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Pergamon Titles of Related Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Inside Front Cover, Page v
Preface, Pages ix-xi, David N. Weisstub
Préface, Pages xiii-xv, David N. Weisstub
1 - Law and Psychiatry in Holland: A Retrospective, Page xix, Michael Zeegers, Janny Krul-Steketee
1.1 - Two Centuries of Psychiatry and Criminal Law, Pages 1-6, Frans Koenraadt
1.2 - The Psychiatric Patient in Civil Law, Pages 7-10, J.G. Schnitzler
1.3 - The Psychiatric Patient in Administrative Law, Pages 11-20, J.G. Schnitzler
1.4 - The Psychiatric Patient in Legislation on Mental Health, Pages 21-31, J. Krul-Steketee
1.5 - The Psychiatric Patient in Criminal Law, Page 32
1.5.1 - Principal Legal Regulations, Pages 33-37, J. Krul-Steketee
1.5.2 - Forensic Psychiatric Examination and Report, Pages 37-39, F.H.L. Beyaert, M. Zeegers
1.5.3 - Psychiatry in Prison and in Rehabilitation, Pages 39-43, N.W. de Smit
1.5.4 - Psychiatric Aspects of Deviant Behavior, Pages 43-46, L. Courth-van der Plaats
1.5.5 - Sexual Offenses, Pages 46-51, M. Zeegers
1.5.6 - Aggressive Criminality, Pages 51-52, M. Zeegers
1.5.7 - Crimes Against Property, Pages 52-53, M. Zeegers
1.5.8 - Crime and Addiction, Pages 54-57, J.A. Schipper
1.5.9 - Political Criminality, Pages 58-60, J. Hofman
1.5.10 - The Forensic-Psychiatric Hospitals, Pages 60-68, F.H.L. Beyaert, M. Zeegers
1.5.11 - Clinical Psychotherapy for Seriously Disturbed Offenders, Pages 68-78, J.W. Reicher
1.5.12 - Problems Specific to Foreigners, Pages 79-82, J.A. Schipper
1.6 - Conflicts of Interest in Psychiatry, Page 83
1.6.1 - Aspects of Coercion, Pages 84-90, F. Koenraadt
1.6.2 - Critical Reactions, Pages 90-96, F. Koenraadt
1.6.3 - Complementary Concepts, Pages 96-97, M. Zeegers
2 - The Psychology of Political Terrorism, Pages 98-124, Grant Wardlaw
3 - Psychological Assessments for Legal Decisions, Pages 125-157, Thomas Grisso
4 - The Clinical Prediction of Dangerousness, Pages 158-208, Christopher D. Webster, Robert J. Menzies
5 - Assessment of Malingering Within a Forensic Context, Pages 209-237, Richard Rogers
Author Index, Pages 241-254
Subject Index, Pages 255-257
About the Editor and Contributors, Pages 259-262

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