Bernadette Mcsherry

Broschiertes Buch

Managing Fear

The Law and Ethics of Preventive Detention and Risk Assessment

Beschreibung

Managing Fear: The Law and Ethics of Preventive Detention and Risk Assessment examines the growing use of forensic risk assessment as it relates to preventive detention and supervision policies for high-risk offenders, individuals with severe mental illnesses, and suspected terrorists.

Autor

Bernadette McSherry, BA(Hons), LLB(Hons), LLM (Melb), PhD (York, Canada), Grad Dip Psych (Monash), is a Professor and Foundation Director of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute at the University of Melbourne, and an Adjunct Professor of Law in the Melbourne School of Law and the Faculty of Law, Monash University. She was previously a Professor of Law, an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health at Monash University. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Professor McSherry is a legal member of the Mental Health Review Board of Victoria and has acted as a consultant to government on criminal law, sentencing and mental health law issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 287
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136215179
• ISBN-10: 1136215174
• Artikelnr.: 71206737