Violence and Mental Disorder
Subtitle: Developments in Risk Assessment (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and De)
Contributors: John Monahan (Editor); Henry J. Steadman (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: January 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780226534053
Subjects: Disability: social aspects; Law; Psychiatry; Violence in society; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Criminal Psychology; Violence (Sociological Aspects); Psychology; Mental Illness; Forecasting; Mentally ill offenders; Psychological aspects; Violence
First sentence: The concept of risk of harm to others plays a pivotal role in both criminal and civil aspects of mental health law.