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  • Forensic Issues in Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities

    by Lesley Tebbutt, Yve Griffin, Charlotte Staniforth, Senior Physiotherapist, Cheryl Smith, Belafonte Hosier, Carol Reffin, Claire Underwood, Jackie O'Connell, Phil Webb, Margaret Mills, Mel Dixon, Hilary Haynes, Lucy Adamson, Anne McLean, Marilyn Sher, Anu Iyer, Ekkehart Staufenberg, Teresa Flower, Mary Barnes, Sarah Bernard ...
    Series series Forensic Focus
    Adolescents with developmental disabilities are a complex population who require specialised treatment and care. This interdisciplinary text examines the processes involved in working with this client group in forensic settings, and explores the ways in which their needs differ from those of other young people who engage in high risk behaviour or offending.The book covers assessment, intervention ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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  • Without Conscience

    The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us

    by Robert D. Hare, PhD ...
    Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers that increasingly populate our movies, television programs, and newspaper headlines. With their flagrant criminal violation of society's rules, serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are among the most dramatic examples of the psychopath. Individuals with this personality disorder are ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

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  • Sexual Homicide

    Patterns and Motives

    by John E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess, Robert K. Ressler ...
    Who are the men committing the rising number of serial homicides in the U.S. -- and why do they kill? The increase in these violent crimes over the past decade has created an urgent need for more and better information about these men: their crime scene patterns, violent acts, and above all, their motivations for committing these shocking and repetitive murders.This authoritative book represents ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Serial Killers

    Shocking, Gripping True Crime Stories of the Most Evil Murderers

    by Brian Innes ...
    The Terrifying Story of the Most Monstrous Serial Killers through History.Serial Killers are the most notorious and disturbing of all criminals, representing the very darkest side of humanity. Yet they endlessy fascinate and continue to capture the public's attention with their strange charisma and deadly deeds. From Jack the Ripper to Ted Bundy and the Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • WHY USUALLY HONEST PEOPLE STEAL: Understanding, Treating And Stopping Nonsensical Shoplifting And Other Bizarre Theft Behavior

    by Will Cupchik PhD ...
    For over 39 years, psychologist Dr. Will Cupchik has investigated the atypical theft behavior of usually honest, generally intelligent, often successful and sometimes even wealthy and/or prominent members of society, persons who he and his original co-investigator, psychiatrist Dr Don J Atcheson termed Atypical Theft Offenders (ATOs). These individuals are virtually always at a loss to adequately ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • School Shooters

    Understanding High School, College, and Adult Perpetrators

    by Peter Langman ...
    School shootings scare everyone, even those not immediately affected. They make national and international news. They make parents afraid to send their children off to school. But they also lead to generalizations about those who perpetrate them. Most assumptions about the perpetrators are wrong and many of the warning signs are missed until it’s too late. Here, Peter Langman takes a look at 48 ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Scoring the Rorschach

    Seven Validated Systems

    Edited by Robert F. Bornstein, Joseph M. Masling ...
    Series series Personality and Clinical Psychology
    Exner's Comprehensive System has attracted so much attention in recent years that many clinicians and personality researchers are unaware that alternative Rorschach scoring systems exist. This is unfortunate, because some of these systems have tremendous clinical value. Scoring the Rorschach: Seven Validated Systems provides detailed reviews of the best-validated alternative approaches, and points ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Cultural Competence in Forensic Mental Health

    A Guide for Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Attorneys

    by Wen-Shing Tseng, Daryl Matthews, Todd S. Elwyn ...
    As culturally relevant psychiatry becomes common practice, the need for competent and culturally relevant forensic psychiatry comes to the forefront. This volume, written by one expert in cultural psychiatry and another in forensic psychiatry addresses that need. By combining their expertise in these areas, they are able to develop and create a new body of knowledge and experiences addressing the ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Sexual Offenders

    Personal Construct Theory and Deviant Sexual Behaviour

    by James Horley ...
    Is there an alternative way of treating sexual offenders beyond traditional psychiatry?Sexual Offenders explores and develops personal construct theory in terms of forensic and social psychology, and examines the possibilities for sexual offender assessment and therapy.Rather than viewing sexual offenders as having a mental illness or possessing a set of pathological personality traits, personal ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Mental Health, Crime and Criminal Justice

    Responses and Reforms

    Edited by Jane Winstone ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    It has long been known that the pathway through the criminal justice system for those with mental health needs is fraught with difficulty. This interdisciplinary collection explores key issues in mental health, crime and criminal justice, including: offenders' rights; intervention designs; desistance; health-informed approaches to offending and the medical needs of offenders; psychological ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • Crime Prevention, Security and Community Safety Using the 5Is Framework

    by P. Ekblom ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The potential of crime prevention, security and community safety is constrained by implementation failure. This book presents a carefully-designed system of good practice, the 5Is, which handles the complexities of real world prevention, this aims to improve the performance of prevention, and advance process evaluation. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Psychology of Violence in Adolescent Romantic Relationships

    by Erica Bowen, K. Walker ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Domestic violence in adolescent romantic relationships is an increasingly important and only recently acknowledged social issue. This book provides conceptual frameworks for the design and evaluation of interventions with a focus on developing evidence based practice, as well as a research, practice and policy agenda for consideration. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD