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  • Sexual Offenders

    Personal Construct Theory and Deviant Sexual Behaviour

    by James Horley ...
    Is there an alternative way of treating sexual offenders beyond traditional psychiatry?Sexual Offenders explores and develops personal construct theory in terms of forensic and social psychology, and examines the possibilities for sexual offender assessment and therapy.Rather than viewing sexual offenders as having a mental illness or possessing a set of pathological personality traits, personal ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Experience, Meaning, and Identity in Sexuality

    A Psychosocial Theory of Sexual Stability and Change

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book takes the head-scratching out of human sexuality. Personal construct theory provides the foundation for a psychosocial explanation of sexuality that views everyday social interaction as key to the development of sexual identity and desires. The theory developed here accounts for stability and change in sexual identity through an understanding of the importance of experience and the ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Personal Construct Perspectives on Forensic Psychology

    Edited by James Horley ...
    Why do people commit violent offences? Does rehabilitation really work?Personal Construct Perspectives on Forensic Psychology provides a new approach to the three main areas of application of forensic psychology; rehabilitation of offenders, work with police, and research and consultation on legal issues and processes. Challenging the mainstream approach to viewing offenders, this book emphasizes ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

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    Understanding High School, College, and Adult Perpetrators

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    School shootings scare everyone, even those not immediately affected. They make national and international news. They make parents afraid to send their children off to school. But they also lead to generalizations about those who perpetrate them. Most assumptions about the perpetrators are wrong and many of the warning signs are missed until it’s too late. Here, Peter Langman takes a look at 48 ... Read more

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  • Behind the Gates of Gomorrah

    A Year with the Criminally Insane

    A darker twist on Orange is the New Black, this true insider's account delivers an eye-opening look into the nation’s largest state-run forensic hospital, a facility that houses the real-life Hannibal Lecters of the world.Psychiatrist Stephen Seager was no stranger to locked psych wards when he accepted a job at California’s Gorman State hospital, known locally as “Gomorrah,” but nothing could ... Read more

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  • Without Conscience

    The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us

    Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers that increasingly populate our movies, television programs, and newspaper headlines. With their flagrant criminal violation of society's rules, serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are among the most dramatic examples of the psychopath. Individuals with this personality disorder are ... Read more

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  • WHY USUALLY HONEST PEOPLE STEAL: Understanding, Treating And Stopping Nonsensical Shoplifting And Other Bizarre Theft Behavior

    For over 39 years, psychologist Dr. Will Cupchik has investigated the atypical theft behavior of usually honest, generally intelligent, often successful and sometimes even wealthy and/or prominent members of society, persons who he and his original co-investigator, psychiatrist Dr Don J Atcheson termed Atypical Theft Offenders (ATOs). These individuals are virtually always at a loss to adequately ... Read more

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  • Managing High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community

    A Psychological Approach

    How can a psychological framework improve the success of risk management?The management of sex offenders in the community is of paramount concern to the general public, and this is reflected in the numberous recent changes to public protection procedures.Managing High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community covers both the assessment and management of high risk sex offenders in the community, with an ... Read more

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  • Foundations of Forensic Mental Health Assessment

    Series series Best Practices in Forensic Mental Health Assessments
    Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes address best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation in the criminal, civil, and juvenile/family areas. Each volume contains a ... Read more

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  • Responding to Sexual Offending

    Perceptions, Risk Management and Public Protection

    Edited by K. McCartan ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society
    This collection brings together international contributors from multiple disciplines to discuss the current public, social and governmental understandings and responses to sexual violence. Exploring issues such as how to manage sex offenders, the volume provides recommendations for how to reduce offending and improve community engagement. ... Read more

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  • Changing Substance Abuse and Criminal Behavior Through Therapeutic Relationships

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book approaches the treatment process from a new and yet old perspective. Eleven men who successfully desisted from substance abuse and offending were interviewed to determine how their significant therapeutic relationships facilitated this life change. Data is integrated with a new psychodynamic framework, relational analytic theory, which focuses clinical attention on the qualities and ... Read more

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  • The Psychology of Violence in Adolescent Romantic Relationships

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Domestic violence in adolescent romantic relationships is an increasingly important and only recently acknowledged social issue. This book provides conceptual frameworks for the design and evaluation of interventions with a focus on developing evidence based practice, as well as a research, practice and policy agenda for consideration. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD