Suchergebnisse

This up-to-date collection begins with an account and analysis of the role of psychologists in prisons in relation to research.Looks at the results of evidence based psychological approaches to working with prisonersFirst half of the book has its primary focus on psychological evaluation researchIncludes chapters on psychological research on suicide, bullying, life sentenced prisoners and staff sickness

Public acts of homicide-like capital punishment-are now viewed by many as barbaric, even for heinous crimes, while a private act of homicide-like the (increasingly routine) starvation of comatose patients-is viewed by many as a caring gesture both to patient and family. To Kill Another explores how this privatization of homicide is ongoing in Western law, despite the fact that it runs counter to the rule of law