After the second edition was published (in 1994), a number of changes have taken place, including changes in the law, advances in treatment, and changes in the management of prisons and special hospitals. The book remains essential reading for doctors taking the Membership examination of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, but also will be of interest to general psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, lawyers, probation officers and criminologists. The subject is set out clearly, logically and expertly and arranged for quick reference.
Table of Contents:
Forensic psychiatric services Legal aspects: The courts and their sentences
Legal aspects: Appeals and protection
Criminological facts and theories
Offences against property and forensic psychiatry; Offences against the person and forensic psychiatry
Mental illness and forensic psychiatry: The functional psychoses and neuroses
Mental illness and forensic psychiatry: Organic brain syndromes
Psychopathic disorder and forensic psychiatry
Mental retardation and forensic psychiatry
Sexual disorders and forensic psychiatry
Women and juvenile offenders
Dangerousness
Writing a report
Ethics and forensic psychiatry
Management of patients within secure psychiatric institutions
Civil courts and forensic psychiatry
About the Author :
J. H. Stone and M. Roberts are the authors of Faulk's Basic Forensic Psychiatry, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.
Review :
This latest edition can safely be recommended to all pre-membership trainees and to any members of a forensic multi-disciplinary team. Consultants in all psychiatric specialities will also find it a useful quick guide.
British Journal of Psychiatry
All in all, a very useful book for a practicing forensic psychiatrist and can be heartily recommended.
International Journal of Forensic Medicine
