Table of Contents

1 Understanding uncertainty 2 Legal and administrative aspects 3 Serious mental disturbance and violence 4 With the (doubtful) benefit of hindsight 5 Improving practice 6 Epilogue

About the Author

Herschel Prins is a Professor at the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Loughborough and Visiting Professor, Nottingham Trent University.