Violent offenders understanding and assessment / edited by Christina A. Pietz, Curtis A. Mattson.

Other author Pietz, Christina A.
Other author Mattson, Curtis A.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Descriptionxi, 549 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Violent offenders--Psychology.

Contents About the editors -- Contributors -- Overview and constructs of violence -- Psychological perspectives of violence / Melanie Schettler -- Antisocial behavior among children in poverty : understanding environmental effects in daily life / Michael A. Russell and Candice L. Odgers -- Substance abuse and violence / Curtis A. Mattson and Christina A. Pietz -- Major mental disorders and violence / Laura S. Guy and Kevin S. Douglas -- Aggressive externalizing disorders : conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and psychopathy / Laura E. Drislane, Noah C. Venables, and Christopher J. Patrick -- Special offender populations -- Juvenile homicide : trends, correlates, causal factors, and outcomes / Kathleen M. Heide -- Physically and sexually violent females / Geoffrey R. McKee and R. Gregg Dwyer -- Homicide: a national and global perspective / Bethany K. Walters and Eric W. Hickey -- Psychological factors in intimate partner violence / Donald Dutton and Christie Tetreault -- Perpetrators of sexual violence : demographics, assessments, interventions / Alix M. McLearen, Ivonne E. Bazerman, and Katherine Bracken-Minor -- Under the color of authority: police officers as violent offenders / David M. Corey and Casey O. Stewart -- Institutional violence risk : theory, assessment, and management / Daniel J. Neller and Michael J. Vitacco -- Youth gangs : an overview of key findings and directions for the future / Terrance J. Taylor and J. Michael Vecchio -- Understanding terrorists / Randy Borum -- Evaluative approach and special considerations -- Legal, clinical and scientific foundations of violence risk assessment / David F. Mrad and Daniel J. Neller -- Use of assessment measures for the evaluation of future risk / Chad A. Brinkley -- The structured professional judgment approach to violence risk assessment and management : why it is useful, how to use it, and its empirical support / Kevin S. Douglas and Henrik Belfrage -- Assessing facets of personality and psychopathology in violent offenders / Dustin B. Wygant, Kathryn C. Applegate, and Tina D. Wall -- Assessing malingering in violent offenders / Holly A. Miller -- Assessment of neurophysiological and neuropsychological bases for violence / Rachel Fazio and Robert L. Denney -- Violence : psychiatric assessment and intervention / Charles Scott, Philip J. Resnick, and William Newman -- Ethical considerations and professional roles in working with violent offenders / Kimberly Larson, Robert Kinscherff, and Stacey Goldstein -- Conducting research with special populations / Gianni Pirelli and Patricia A. Zapf -- Index.
General noteIncludes index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014022204
ISBN9780199917297 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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