Stalking psychiatric perspectives and practical approaches

Over the last two decades, stalking has received increasingly widespread attention. The establishment of anti-stalking legislation has helped to spur interest in stalking research and the forensic assessment of stalkers. Popular representations of stalking have made the public more aware of this phe...

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Sonraí Bibleagrafaíochta
Príomhúdar: Pinals, Debra A.
Údair Eile: Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry; Committee on Psychiatry and the Law; edited by Debra A. Pinals
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English
Foilsithe: New York Oxford University Press 2007
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Achoimre:Over the last two decades, stalking has received increasingly widespread attention. The establishment of anti-stalking legislation has helped to spur interest in stalking research and the forensic assessment of stalkers. Popular representations of stalking have made the public more aware of this phenomenon. It has long been the responsibility of mental health professionals to provide assessments of and treatment for stalkers and their victims, and as criminal cases involving defendants charged with stalking become more common, it is now also the responsibility of legal professionals to be knowledgeable about psychiatric aspects of stalking behavior and the risks that so often must be minimized through legal action or a combination of clinical and legal interventions. This volume provides a thorough overview of current scientific and clinical research about stalking, along with practical guidance and original commentary from the Psychiatry and the Law Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, an organization recognized for its contributions to mental health literature
Cur Síos Fisiciúil:xix, 260 p.
ill.
25 cm
ISBN:0195189841
9780195189841