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A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of working for over 50 years in the fields of criminal justice and forensic psychiatry.

The report into the care, treatment, and supervision of Michael Stone is commented upon; special attention is paid to questions of anonymity, confidentiality, inter-agency communication, and media conduct. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the withholding of psychotherapy from violent and abusive psychiatric hospital patients in Great Britain's National Health Service. Rhetoric of violence; Man's potential for cruelty and destructiveness; Significant threats of risk of serious injury.

Focuses on the management of severely psychopathically disordered individuals in Great Britain. Need for public protection; Risk of causing harm to other individuals; Increase of crimes.

Dangerous behaviour, for the purpose of this paper is confined to the commission of serious harm to others and not to self. Such behaviour is examined within the context of definnitions of such behaviour, and issues that arise in respect of sentencing (including past and current practices). Certain ethical issues are considered and the paper concludes with a detailed consideration of aspects of management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some characteristics, drawn from a small sample of the series 'Pioneers in Forensic Psychiatry' and from a postal enquiry to thirty-seven UK consultant forensic psychiatrists are described; an attempt is made to provide a limited 'profile'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brief comment is offered on Crichton's paper on the literary presentation of delusional jealousy as suggested in Othello. It is proposed that, if the Othello allusion is considered to be inappropriate, it might be wiser to describe the condition as the ‘Leontes Syndrome’. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article places risk assessment and management in criminal justice and mental health in brief historical context. It then considers concepts of risk and dangerousness, before examining the extent to which being ‘wise after the event’ may be helpful. Ways in which risk assessment and management might be improved and attempts to de-mystify the process are then discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In psychology … and in chemistry as well-what we are really analysing are not substances, but properties … I understand not attributes inherent in substances, but simply relations manifested under certain standard conditions. (Burt, Frontiers ofthe Mind, 1940: 17-1 8) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The diversion of the mentally disordered from the criminal justice and penal systems needs to be seen against the background of the management of the mentally disordered in general and of mentally disordered offenders in particular. The implications of diversion are discussed with special reference to the future of prison and prison medical services. Some jurisprudential issues are raised for further debate. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Adult fire-raising (arson) is reviewed in brief historical text and some legal and statistical issues are discussed. A classification system is suggested followed by a brief discussion of motivation and management of this type of offender. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article explores briefly the use of classical and modern literature as an aid to understanding those mentally disordered offenders who not infrequently raise anxiety, and sometimes fear, in those charged with their management. Reference is made also to other media as aids in this process. Literature is the one place in any society, where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way. (Salman Rushdie, unpublished lecture) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A brief response is made to Eysenck's review of the status of personality factors in relation to criminality. It is respectfully suggested that some aspects of his review be viewed with caution. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]