Introduction Part I What we know about offenders 1 What we know about offenders: an overview of major psychological perspectives 2 The development of delinquent and criminal behaviour 3 Offender profiling Part II Assessing risk 4 Risk assessment 5 Risk assessment of suicide 6 Risk assessment of violence Part III Assessment and treatment 7 Cognitive—behavioural approaches to offending 8 The assessment of anger management difficulties 9 The treatment of anger management difficulties 10 What we know about sex offenders 11 The assessment of sex offenders 12 The treatment of sex offenders
Graham J.Towl is Head of Forensic Psychology, East Anglia Area, HM Prison Service and visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge; David A.Crighton is a Forensic Psychologist, Yorkshire Centre for Forensic Psychiatry.
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