NCJ Number
34058
Editor(s)
S A PASTERNACK
Date Published
1975
Length
228 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF PAPERS DEALING WITH CREATIVE AND TESTED METHODS FOR THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF A BROAD VARIETY OF DANGEROUS PERSONS.
Abstract
SOME OF THE VIOLENCE-PRONE PERSONS DISCUSSED ARE THE SELF-REFERRED VIOLENT PERSON, THE POTENTIAL KILLER, THE CHILD ABUSING PARENT, THE RAPIST, AND MEN WHO HAVE COMMITTED ATROCITIES IN THE MILITARY. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON ECLECTIC TREATMENT OF VIOLENT PATIENTS WITH CHAPTERS DEALING WITH IMPORTANT SUBGROUPS SUCH AS PSYCHOTHERAPY OF PSEUDOHOMOSEXUAL PANIC AND VIOLENCE CLINICS. VICTIMS OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR ARE ALSO DEALT WITH. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)