Seminars in practical forensic psychiatry / edited by Derek Chiswick & Rosemarie Cope.

London : Gaskell : Distributed in North America by the American Psychiatric Press, [1995], ©1995.

359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Copy 1. Donor: Family of Hugh Freeman.

Introduction / Derek Chiswick -- Crime and mental disorder: I. criminal behaviour / Christopher Cordess -- Crime and mental disorder II. forensic aspects of psychiatric disorder / James Higgins -- The criminal justice system / Adrian Grounds -- Psychiatry and criminal proceedings / Paul Bowden -- Writing reports and giving evidence / Robert Bluglass -- Facilities and treatment / Peter Snowden -- Dangerousness / Derek Chiswick -- Psychiatry in prisons / Derek Chiswick & Edna Dooley -- Mental health legislation / Rosemarie Cope -- Civil matters / Rosemarie Cope & Martin Humphreys --Ethical issues in forensic psychiatry / Rosemarie Cope & Derek Chiswick.

Includes bibliographical references and index.