Bernadette Mcsherry

Managing Fear

The Law and Ethics of Preventive Detention and Risk Assessment

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Produktbeschreibung

Managing Fear: The Law and Ethics of Preventive Detention and Risk Assessment examines the growing use of forensic risk assessment as it relates to preventive detention and supervision policies for high-risk offenders, individuals with severe mental illnesses, and suspected terrorists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780415632393
• ISBN-10: 0415632390
• Artikelnr.: 39595338

Autorenporträt

Bernadette McSherry, BA(Hons), LLB(Hons), LLM (Melb), PhD (York, Canada), Grad Dip Psych (Monash), is a Professor and Foundation Director of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute at the University of Melbourne, and an Adjunct Professor of Law in the Melbourne School of Law and the Faculty of Law, Monash University. She was previously a Professor of Law, an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health at Monash University. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Professor McSherry is a legal member of the Mental Health Review Board of Victoria and has acted as a consultant to government on criminal law, sentencing and mental health law issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction and Theories of Risk and Precaution. Introduction.
Theories of Risk and Precaution. Risk Assessment Instruments and
Techniques. Part II: The Laws of Preventive Detention and Supervision Laws
of Preventive Detention. Supervision, Control, and Community Treatment
Orders. Proving Risk in Preventive Detention and Supervision Proceedings.
Part III: Human Rights and Ethical Issues Human Rights Issues. The Ethics
of Forensic Risk Assessment. Part IV: Conclusion Conclusion. Appendix A:
Table of Cases. Appendix B: Table of Statutes.