The Disturbed Violent Offender

Download or read book The Disturbed Violent Offender written by Hans Toch and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who constitutes the subset of mentally ill who behave violently? Which criminal offenders are disturbed? Using case histories that serve as vivid depictions of disturbed violent offenders and their offenses, [the authors] address these and other questions on the way to answering the central question of the book : What are the relationships between emotional disorders and violence? By analyzing the results of a study they conducted of inmates in the New York state prison system, the authors ... shed new light on the relationship between mental illness and violent behavior. Through use of cluster analysis resulting in a number of specific typologies, they are able to make detailed connections between offenders with mental disorders and the behavioral paths they may follow. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).