Dangerous Lunatics: Trauma, Criminality and Forensic Psychotherapy

Author(s) : Brett Kahr

Dangerous Lunatics: Trauma, Criminality and Forensic Psychotherapy

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Table of Contents


Introduction: The man who shot his mother and father in the face

1. Torture and Execution: Ancient Remedies for Perpetrators
2. The Medicalisation of Insanity: Hereditary Taint and the Criminal Brain
3. The Freudian Challenge: Towards a Humanisation of Offenders
4. The Growth of Forensic Psychotherapy: From Punishment to Treatment
5. Paedophilia: The Sexualisation of Trauma
6. Murder: The Castration of Safety

Conclusion: Blue-sky thinking: the future of forensic mental health
End notes
Acknowledgements
References
Index

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