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Offenders, deviants, or patients? An introduction to the study of socio-forensic problems
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ISBN: 0422768103 9780422768108 Year: 1980 Publisher: London Tavistock


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Mental health homicide and society
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ISBN: 1509912169 1509912150 1509912134 1509912142 9781509912148 9781509912131 9781509912155 9781509912162 Year: 2019 Publisher: Oxford, UK Chicago, Illinois

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"A homicide committed by a mentally disordered person who is under the care of health service professionals is a shocking event. Otherwise known as a 'patient homicide', these incidents are followed by an investigation into the care and treatment received by the perpetrator. These investigations are often regarded as a way to 'learn lessons', establish accountability and provide catharsis to families and the public. The book argues however that patient homicide events and the circumstances in which they occur are communicated about within closed systems of life (eg law, medicine). These systems operate according to unique internal logics. The communications produced by these systems, nevertheless, resonate in society and enable a diverse and complex space of governance to emerge - a space of governance in which universal understandings about patient homicides, health care, public safety and risk are unachievable."

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