Tim Riding, Caron Swann, Bob Swann

The Handbook of Forensic Learning Disabilities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive and practical guide helps professionals and staff within hospitals change the way they collect record store and use clinical information about patients

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781857759044
• ISBN-10: 1857759044
• Artikelnr.: 43353842

Autorenporträt

Tim Riding Network Director, Secure Services Chair, Lancashire Mentally Disordered Offenders Coordinating Group; Lancashire Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements Strategic Management Board; Honorary Lecturer, John Moores University, Liverpool; Lancashire Care NHS Trust, Preston, Lancashire. Caron Swann Senior Lecturer in Learning Disabilities, St Martin's College, Lancaster, Honorary Practitioner, Calderstones NHS Trust, Whalley, Lancashire. Bob Swann Assistant Director, Clinical Governance and Professional Development; Preston Primary Care Trust Committee Member, The Clinical Governance Association.

Inhaltsangabe

The policy context. Epidemiology of offending in learning disability.
Sexual offending in people with learning disabilities. Arson and learning
disability. Working with people with aggressive behavior. Self-injurious
behaviour and deliberate self-harm. Risk assessment and management.
Criminal justice liaison. Mental health law. Organisational culture and its
impact on service delivery. Resettlement from secure learning disability
services.