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The present contribution seeks to complement, up-date and amplify material presented in an earlier paper in this Journal (Prins, 1975) concerned with the management of dangerous and potentially dangerous clients (in this case, offender-patients). An attempt is made to define the clientele considered to be at high risk of committing further acts of serious harm. Some brief observations are made upon the nature of dangerous behaviour and risk. The author then examines in more detail those factors and circumstances that may lead to the repetition of such behaviour and offers some suggestions for its reduction. The paper's orientation is clinical rather than empirical or epidemiological. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The intention in this review is to examine a small selection of the literature on substance abuse and to assess to what extent it is a new phenomenon and a problem calling for legislative action. This intention accounts for the slightly capricious choice of title for the contribution. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]