Forensic Psychiatry

Scoring the Rorschach: Seven Validated Systems provides detailed reviews of the best-validated alternative approaches, and points to promising new paths towards the continued growth and refinement of Rorschach interpretation. The editors set the s..

In Sexual Aggression Against Children: Pedophiles’ and Abusers' Development, Dynamics, Treatability, and the Law, Drs. Blackman and Dring address the legal and mental health professions’ minimization of the horrific nature of child sexual abuse, explain how to assess pedophiles’ treatability, and di..

Personal construct theory is a theory of personality development that has clear clinical roots, Sexual Offenders explores this theory in terms of forensic and social psychology examining the possibilities for sexual offender assessment and therapy...

Convicted sex offenders released from custody at the end of their criminal sentences pose a risk for re-offense. In many US states, Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) laws have been enacted that allow for the post-prison preventive detention of high risk sex offenders. SVP laws require the courts to ma..

Convicted sex offenders released from custody at the end of their criminal sentences pose a risk for re-offense. In many US states, Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) laws have been enacted that allow for the post-prison preventive detention of high risk sex offenders. SVP laws require the courts to ma..

Examines violence from the perspective of clinical medicine and psychology and helps to identify and effectively deal with the potential suicidal mass murderer before he kills. This book reviews underlying causes, medical and social considerations, and the types of intervention possible...

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Looking at mental health from a researched angle, this revised edition of The Clinical and Forensic Assessment of Psychopathy: A Clinician’s Guide takes professionals on a journey through 40 years of exploration on psychopathy with new findings in women, brain imaging, and more...

Under managed care pressure, the MMPI-2 is now called on to generate more and more of the assessments that a battery of instruments once did. Integrating old and new empirically-supported scales, this book lays out a content cluster interpretive approach..

Under managed care pressure, the MMPI-2 is now called on to generate more and more of the assessments that a battery of instruments once did. Integrating old and new empirically-supported scales, this book lays out a content cluster interpretive approach..

The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology presents a survey of research and legal opinions from international experts on the rapidly expanding scientific literature addressing the accuracy and limitations of eyewitnesses as a source of evidence for th..

The Handbook of Forensic Psychopathology and Treatment explores the relationship between psychopathology and criminal behaviour in juveniles and adults...