Essential reading for all professionals working in the psychiatric and criminal justice systems with mentally disordered offenders.

In the past forensic psychiatry has been a sub-speciality of general psychiatry without its own, separate identity. However, since the mid-1980s there has been

This revised and updated edition of Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community provides a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to theory and pract

This handbook brings together authoritative contributions from leading mental health researchers, educators and practitioners to provide a comprehensive text fo

First published in 1997, this volume’s purpose is to understand and clarify the nature of implicit theories currently held about the mentally disordered offen