Criminality and Violence among the Mentally Disordered by Carlgunnar Janson
In recent years it has become apparent that mentally ill people are at increased risk of committing crimes of violence. Most writing and research about crime and mental disorder has focused necessarily on the immediate problems which confront clinicians and law makers - assessing and managing the future risk of violence. In this important new book the authors attempt to step back from these immediate preoccupations and describe the criminality of the mentally ill and try to identify the complex chain of factors which cause it. As part of their analysis they examine a unique cohort composed of 15,117 persons born in Stockholm who were studied from pregnancy to the age of thirty. While they conclude that we still do not understand exactly how and why persons with major mental disorders commit crimes, their findings make a valuable contribution to ongoing debates on mental health and criminal justice policy and practice.-
Corporate Crime, Law, and Social Control
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Early Prevention of Adult Antisocial Behaviour
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Understanding Police Use of Force
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Choosing White-Collar Crime
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Mean Streets
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Life in the Gang
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Delinquency and Crime
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Third Party Policing
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Prison State
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Delinquent-Prone Communities
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Key Issues in Criminal Career Research
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Lengthening the Arm of the Law
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The Criminal Career
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Situational Prison Control
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Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America
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Economic Espionage and Industrial Spying
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Policing Gangs in America
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Errors of Justice
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Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective
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Race and Policing in America
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The Virtual Prison
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The Framework of Judicial Sentencing
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Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State
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Delinquent Networks
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The Prison and the Gallows
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White-Collar Crime and Criminal Careers
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What Works in Corrections
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Understanding Crime Statistics
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The Crime Drop in America
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Drug-Crime Connections
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Marking Time in the Golden State
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Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour
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The Criminal Recidivism Process
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Legacies of Crime
'This book is very important for forensic mental health care professionals and researchersThe authors present a unique set of prospective and retrospective Swedish data on the relationship between mental disorder and crime. I highly recommend this book to all forensic mental health professionals and researchers in the field. Not only are the findings from the research presented important and unique; the authors also teach us much about research methodology, and its limitations, that lead the way for future research in this field.' Behaviour Research and Therapy
Sheilagh Hodgins is Professor at the Université de Montréal, Foreign Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, and Adjunct Professor at Concordia University, Montréal. Her recent books include Violence Among the Mentally Ill: Effective Treatments and Management Strategies (2000) and with R. Müller-Isberner Violence, Crime and Mentally Disordered Offenders: Concepts and Methods for Effective Treatment and Prevention (2000). Carl-Gunnar Janson is Sociology Professor Emeritus at Stockholm University. In 1964 he started Project Metropolitan and is still analyzing its data. He is the editor of Seven Swedish Longitudinal Studies in Behavioral Sciences (2000).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521580731 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521580730 |
| Title | Criminality and Violence among the Mentally Disordered |
| Author | Carlgunnar Janson |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Criminology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2002-03-14 |
| Number of pages | 244 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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