Safeguarding the Quality of Forensic Assessment in Sentencing - A Review Across Western Nations

List of contents

1. Introduction
Michiel van der Wolf
2. Contemplations and discussions on the quality of forensic assessment in sentencing: Puzzling pieces for decision-makers
Michiel van der Wolf & Michiel de Vries-Robbé
3. An English perspective
Adrian Grounds & Nicola Padfield
4. An American perspective
Christopher King, Lauren Grove, Brooke Stettler & Sharon Kelley
5. A Canadian perspective
Michelle S. Lawrence & David W. Morgan
6. An Australian perspective
Jamie Walvisch & Andrew Carroll
7. A German perspective
Johannes Kaspar & Susanne Stübner
8. A Swedish perspective
Tova Bennet, Malin Hildebrand Karlén & Lena Wahlberg
9. A Dutch perspective
Michiel van der Wolf, Hjalmar van Marle & Sabine Roza
10. Comparative analysis
Michiel van der Wolf

About the author

Michiel van der Wolf is a professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Leiden University and associate professor in Criminal Law at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Summary

This edited collection provides an interdisciplinary and cross-national perspective on safeguarding forensic risk assessment in sentencing violent offenders.

Product details

• Authors: Michiel Van der Wolf
• Assisted by: Michiel Van der Wolf (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781138577626
• ISBN: 978-1-138-57762-6
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: International Perspectives on Forensic Mental Health
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, Society & culture: general, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Criminal or forensic psychology, Society and culture: general, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology