Law and Personality Disorder - Human Rights, Human Risks, and Rehabilitation

Ailbhe O'Loughlin deconstructs competing images of 'dangerous' offenders with personality disorders and the legal dilemmas they present. She examines gaps in criminological arguments for preventative detention programmes, developing a deeper interpretation of the laws governing personality disordered offenders.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Personality Disorder: A Contested and Evolving Construct


• 3: The Origins of the Construct of Dangerous People with Severe Personality Disorder


• 4: The Pilot DSPD Programme


• 5: The Offender Personality Disorder Pathway


• 6: Preventive Detention and Human Rights


• 7: Culpability, Responsibility, and Personality Disorder


• 8: Reflections

About the author

Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin is a Senior Lecturer in Law at York Law School. Ailbhe joined York Law School in 2016. Her research interests focus on the intersection between criminal justice and mental health, and she has published work on sentencing, human rights, mental health law, and punishment. Ailbhe holds a PhD in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science, an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Oxford, and an LLB in Law and French from Trinity College Dublin.

Summary

Ailbhe O'Loughlin deconstructs competing images of 'dangerous' offenders with personality disorders and the legal dilemmas they present. She examines gaps in criminological arguments for preventative detention programmes, developing a deeper interpretation of the laws governing personality disordered offenders.

Product details

• Authors: Ailbhe O'Loughlin, Ailbhe (Senior Lecturer in Law O''loughlin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.05.2024
• EAN: 9780198839279
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883927-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, Abnormal psychology, Legal aspects of criminology, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Criminology: legal aspects