Property damage or harm to animals is not considered violence, unless carried out in a
manner that is intended to cause fear of harm in others (ie, smashing a chair, or injuring an …

Turkiye, with its origins in an enduring civilisation rooted in preceding Turkish states from
ancient and medieval eras, possesses its own firmly established legal traditions. Legislation …

Criminal Recidivism intends to fill a gap in the criminological psychology literature by
examining the processes underlying persistent criminal careers. This book aims to …

Despite the high rates of trauma histories in offenders and the link between trauma and
subsequent criminal behavior, the mechanisms underlying the relationship between trauma …

Offenders, Deviants or Patients? provides a practical approach to understanding both the
social context and treatment of mentally disordered offenders. Taking into account the …

Previous studies that have compared logistic regression (LR), classification and regression
tree (CART), and neural networks (NNs) models for their predictive validity have shown …

Background Actuarial risk estimates are considered the gold-standard way to assess
whether psychiatric patients are likely to commit prospective criminal offenses. However …

Assessing an offender's risk level is important given the impact of criminal behavior on
victims, the consequences for the offender, and for society more generally. A wide range of …

Background Absconding from hospital is a significant health and security issue within
psychiatric facilities that can have considerable adverse effects on patients, their family …

Youth gangs are ubiquitous around the world and have been problematic for the social and
criminal justice agencies. Despite widespread public concern, there has been relatively …