The prediction of violence occupies a prominent and controversial place in public mental
health practice. Productive debate about the validity of violence predictions has been …

Nine incidents of multiple-victim homicide in American secondary schools are examined and
common risk factors are identified. The literature dealing with individual, family, social …

One of the few facts agreed on in criminology is the age distribution of crime. This fact has
been used to criticize social theories of crime causation, to provide the foundation for other …

Despite widespread belief that violence begets violence, methodological problems
substantially restrict knowledge of the long-term consequences of childhood victimization …

How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? A former BMA
Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major …

This revised and updated new edition focuses on major developments in sentencing law,
practice and theory. Sentencing in England and Wales is now dominated by Sentencing …

The Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development is a prospective longitudinal survey of
411 London males from ages 8 years old to 32 years old. This article investigates the …

For undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal behavior, criminology, the psychology
of crime, crime and delinquency, and forensic psychology. A comprehensive psychological …

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to criminological theory for
students taking courses in criminology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level …

As therapists are increasingly held legally responsible for failing to predict their client''s
violent behaviour, the pressure to know and forecast behaviour-never the chosen domain of …