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Dangerous Lunatics
Trauma, Criminality, and Forensic Psychotherapy
- 216 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 1 Mar |Learn more
About this book
Why do human beings commit grotesque acts of violence such as paedophilia and murder? How should we treat the perpetrators of these horrific atrocities? In this gripping book, Professor Brett Kahr examines the nature of criminality throughout history, exploring the ways in which we have progressed from the ancient methods of torture and the execution of offenders to a more humane and psychologically sophisticated approach. Richly steeped in compelling clinical case reports, long-forgotten archival material, and a thorough review of cutting-edge psychological research, Dangerous Lunatics offers a unique insight into the nature of the criminal mind and its potential cure.
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Table of contents
- TITLE PAGE
- DEDICATION
- EPIGRAPH
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION: The Man Who Shot His Mother And Father In The Face
- CHAPTER 1: Torture and execution: ancient remedies for perpetrators
- CHAPTER 2: The medicalisation of insanity: hereditary taint and the criminal brain
- CHAPTER 3: The Freudian challenge: towards a humanisation of offenders
- CHAPTER 4: The growth of forensic psychotherapy: from punishment to treatment
- CHAPTER 5: Paedophilia: the sexualisation of trauma
- CHAPTER 6: Murder: the castration of safety
- CONCLUSION: Blue-sky thinking: the future of forensic mental health
- END NOTES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
- COPYRIGHT