Bøger i Wiley Series in Clinical Approaches to Criminal Behavior serien

Opening with a discussion of the conceptual issues that relate mental disorder to criminal behaviour, this study covers law provisions, including the legal classification for the mentally disordered offender, clinical assessment and intervention, and the clinical programmes available.

Explores clinical approaches used by practitioners working with young offenders. It opens with coverage of theories of delinquency, types of delinquent activity and recent findings from criminological research on the developmental issues in delinquency.