Forensic psychiatry : influences of evil / edited by Tom Mason.
| Other author | Mason, Tom, 1950-2011. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, ©2006. |
| Description | x, 387 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Organizations as evil structures / Dave Holmes and Cary Federman -- The psychopharmaceutical complex / Brian Kean -- Intention, excuse, and insanity / Tamas Pataki -- An archaeology of the "psychopath": the medicalization of evil / Tom Mason -- The comforts of evil: dangerous personalities in high-security hospitals and the horror film / Mick McKeown and Mark Stowell-Smith -- Madness, badness, and evil / Deidre N. Greig -- Destruction as a constructive choice / David A. Winter -- |
| Contents | Violence as secular evil: forensic evaluation and treatment of violent offenders from the viewpoint of existential depth psychology / Stephen A. Diamond -- Scapegoat, spectacle, and confessional: close encounters with sex offenders and other species of dangerous individuals / Dave Mercer and Joel Richman -- The villification of victimized children in historical perspective / Victoria Van Slyke -- Evil: a clinical perspective / J. David Kinzie -- Capacities and dispositions: what psychiatry and psychology have to say about evil / Gwen Adshead -- Should radical evil be forgiven? / Marguerita La Caze -- Mad, bad, and evil: psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and evil / Michael Levine -- Talking about evil, even when it's not supposed to exist / C. Fred Alford -- The influence of evil on forensic clinical practice / Tom Mason, Joel Richman, and Dave Mercer -- Hope in the face of evil / Geri Miller and Ron Hood. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2005012486 |
| ISBN | 1588294498 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Laupus | Books - Stacks | W 740 F714 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |