Will They Do it Again?: Risk Assessment and Management in Criminal Justice and Psychiatry - Softcover

Prins, Herschel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415160189 ISBN 13: 9780415160186

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

Focus in the media on the risks posed to ordinary people has become increasingly strong in recent years - particularly on those risks popularly perceived to be posed by the mentally ill. But how justified is this concern? How do we best manage so-called dangerous people?
In Will They Do It Again? Herschel Prins considers the issue of public protection within a broad context of risk in society generally, examining the concerns arising in contemporary society from dealing with uncertainty. It is argued that public fear over the danger posed by the mentally ill is at odds with the evidence, and that much of the concern is focused on a small number of high-profile cases. Prins goes on to examine such cases where management of the mentally ill has failed and sets out suggestions for improvements in practice.
Will They Do It Again? cuts through popular misunderstanding and media hype over risk to give a clear, unbiased picture of the real risks to society from the mentally ill and how best they can be contained and managed, and will prove invaluable to a range of practitioners involved in the fields of criminal justice and psychiatry.

About this title

About the Author

Herschel Prins is a Professor at the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Loughborough and Visiting Professor, Nottingham Trent University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415160189
• ISBN 13: 9780415160186
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192