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Offenders, deviants, or patients? : an introduction to the study of socio-forensic problems

Title
Offenders, deviants, or patients? : an introduction to the study of socio-forensic problems / Herschel Prins.
Author
Prins, Herschel A.
Publication
London : Tavistock ; New York : Tavistock in association with Methuen, 1980.

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Description
369 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Subject
  • Mentally ill offenders > Great Britain
  • Mentally ill > Commitment and detention > Great Britain
  • Mentally ill > Care > Great Britain
  • Forensic psychiatry
  • Criminal psychology
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Criminal Psychology
  • Prisoners > psychology
  • Dangerous Behavior
  • Insanity Defense
  • Forensic psychiatry
  • Criminal psychology
  • Mentally ill > Care
  • Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
  • Mentally ill offenders
  • Psychisch gestoorden
  • Misdadigers
  • Behandelingsmethoden
  • Criminal psychology > Great Britain
  • Criminology > Great Britain
  • Mentally ill offenders > Australia
  • Criminal psychology > Australia
  • Great Britain
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Introduction and rationale -- Criminal responsibility and related matters -- Mental disorder and criminality -- Psychiatry, the courts, and the penal system -- Psychopathy: concept or chimera? -- Are such men dangerous? -- Fire-raising and fire-raisers -- Sexual behaviour and sexual offending -- Alcohol, other drugs, and crime -- Female offending.
ISBN
  • 0422768006
  • 9780422768009
  • 0422768103
  • 9780422768108
LCCN
81189634
OCLC
  • ocm06962024
  • 6962024
  • SCSB-40289
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library