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The Cradle of Violence
Essays on Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Literature
Stephen Wilson
This collection of essays focuses on the unconscious roots of human behaviour in a range of settings: the consulting room, the small group, the workplace, the therapeutic community and the GP's surgery. The author observes that in violence there is an attack not only on the victim, but on the perpetrator's own universe of meaning and value. Learn More1995, 176pp -
Challenges in Forensic Psychotherapy
Edited by Hjalmar van Marle
This book explores topical policy and practice issues and the innovative Dutch system of treatment for forensic patients. It discusses the importance of the setting for treatment, inpatient or outpatient, voluntary or compulsory and the question of what makes a patient suitable for treatment is a theme that runs throughout the book. Learn More1996, Paperback / softback, 9.02in x 5.98in / 229mm x 152mm, 172pp, £34.99ISBN: 978-1-85302-419-1 -
A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy
Edited by Estela V. Welldon and Cleo Van Velsen
Forensic Psychiatry has expanded over the last twenty years with a dramatic increase in forensic psychiatry posts and medium secure unit beds. There has been increased concern with the treatment, which is seen by many to be of great importance, and management of mentally ill offenders which has led to more interest in understanding. Learn More1996, 300pp -
Psychiatric Assessment
Pre and Post Admission
Valerie Anne Brown
This book consists of a series of assessments designed for professionals working with mentally disordered offenders and clients with challenging behaviours. It is written for psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, probation officers and professionals involved in court diversion schemes and is for use both before and after admission. Learn More1997, 76pp -
Prison Theatre
Practices and Perspectives
Edited by James Thompson
Prison Theatre offers a variety of perspectives on a range of practical and theoretical approaches to the use of drama and theatre in prisons and probation but also in secure settings including the use of creative processes to examine the roots of offending behaviour and in building prisoners' confidence, self-esteem and communication skills. Learn More1998, 240pp -
Forensic Psychotherapy
Crime, Psychodynamics and the Offender Patient
Christopher Cordess and Murray Cox
Widely regarded as the definitive work on forensic psychotherapy, this major compendium is now published in paperback in one volume.This compendium of forensic psychotherapy brings together the contributions of over sixty authors and covers all aspects- both theoretical and applied- of this currently crystallizing field. Learn More1995, Hardback, 9.84in x 6.50in / 250mm x 165mm, 992pp, £185.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-240-11998, Paperback / softback, 9.53in x 7.01in / 242mm x 178mm, 738pp, £75.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-634-8 -
Managing High Security Psychiatric Care
Edited by Charles Kaye and Alan Franey
The management of the secure psychiatric services is under increasing scrutiny. The book illustrates the problems faced by the Special Hospitals, the techniques and action employed to effect major change in these large, enclosed institutions, difficulties and obstacles encountered which dominate and influenced management and clinical initiatives. Learn More1998, 200pp -
Remorse and Reparation
Edited by Murray Cox
Remorse, or rather the lack of it, frequently features in banner headlines. But there is little systematic study of this important inter-disciplinary topic whose relevance has extensive social ramifications. The complex relationship between remorse, shame, guilt and attempts at reparation, are discussed in this authoritative work. Learn More1998, Hardback, 9.13in x 6.34in / 232mm x 161mm, 288pp, £49.99ISBN: 978-1-85302-451-11998, Paperback / softback, 9.09in x 6.22in / 231mm x 158mm, 288pp, £25.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-452-8 -
Working with Sex Offenders in Prisons and through Release to the Community
A Handbook
Alec Spencer
This book looks at a wide range of issues and problems relating to the management of sexual offenders in prisons and their reintegration into the community. Issues involved in the setting up of programmes, the creation of the right environment, and the support and training of staff, are universally applicable. Learn More1999, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 5.98in / 228mm x 152mm, 256pp, £26.99ISBN: 978-1-85302-767-31999, Ebook, ePUB, 256pp, £26.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-906-4 -
Violence
Reflections on Our Deadliest Epidemic
James Gilligan
He focuses on how feelings of shame cause violent and vengeful behaviour, argues that conventional punitive legal and penal systems which are based on notions of justice and retribution perpetuate violent behaviour. This ground-breaking book is a read for everyone touched by violence, all those who are working to prevent it and its consequences. Learn More1999, 320pp
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