Häkkänen-Nyholm / Nyholm Psychopathy and Law

A Practitioner's Guide
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-119-94497-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Psychopathy and Law: A Practitioner's Guide provides thoseworking in the fields of law, the military, social and healthservices, politics, and business with a comprehensive introductionto psychopathy and the ways of thinking that guide the psychopathicmind.

* Features case examples and - unique from previous texts inthe field - links these to theory and empirical research

* Represents an up-to-date resource for scientists examiningpsychopathy

* Covers issues that have never been dealt with in regard topsychopathy, including those relating to families, civil law, warcrimes, economical crimes and organized crimes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Häkkänen-Nyholm, Helinä

Nyholm, Jan-Olof

Über Autor(innen)

Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm is CEO of PsyJuridicaLtd., and an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Psychology at theUniversity of Helsinki. She has published over 40 scientific paperson issues relating to psychopathy, violent crime, interview andrisk assessment, and is the editor of the first Finnish textbook onpsychopathy, Psykopatia.
Jan-Olof Nyholm is a founding member and theChairman of PsyJurdica Ltd. He has more than 30 years of experiencein law enforcement (both at an international and national level),and has published several works on psychopathy andinterviewing.