Thoroughly revised and rewritten, this new Second Edition addresses the manifestations of violence with an unusual clarity and down-to-earth objectivity that studies poverty, drugs, access to guns, joblessness, poor education, inadequate housing, and the lack of stability that comes from an integrated family. Doctor Palermo has spent a lifetime observing criminal violence as a psychiatrist for Milwaukee County. He is well known for his plainspoken, unpretentious testimony in the trial of serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer. The author takes the position that there is an absence in the United States of a coherent culture, of its material obsession, the destructiveness of welfare, the disintegration of the family unit and how all these forces have come together to perpetuate and increase violence in our daily lives. Although the book deals with crimes against the physical person, other forms of criminal behavior that have recently appeared on the social scene are explored, such as Internet crimes, white-collar crimes, and identity theft. It is a must read for all those professionals in the psychiatric, criminological, and forensic fields.

The Faces of Violence (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law)

Politics & Social Sciences

Palermo, George B.

Social Sciences

Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd

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Examines the paranoid personality in criminals, suggesting that paranoia is the result of a delusional interpretation at the basis of which the mechanisms of denial and projection are found. Contains chapters on the concept of paranoia throughout the centuries, infamous paranoiacs, auditory hallucinations, delusions, differences between antisocial and paranoid types, dialoguing with murderers, treatment of paranoia, and a forensic and legal perspective. For students and professionals in law and psychology. Paper edition (unseen), $37.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Paranoid: In and Out of Prison (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law)

Medical Books

Scott, Edward M.

Psychology

Examines the paranoid personality in criminals, suggesting that paranoia is the result of a delusional interpretation at the basis of which the mechanisms of denial and projection are found. Contains chapters on the concept of paranoia throughout the centuries, infamous paranoiacs, auditory hallucinations, delusions, differences between antisocial and paranoid types, dialoguing with murderers, treatment of paranoia, and a forensic and legal perspective. For students and professionals in law and psychology. Paper edition (unseen), $37.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Dilemma of the Sexual Offender (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law, 1101,)

This book was born out of the pressure imposed on forensic experts by the new sexual predator laws and the dilemma they have created. These include how we conceptualize sexual offenders and their victimization, how to manage and control sex offender behavior, and how to resolve the conflict of forensic experts in the roles of both treatment providers and as agents of social control under the mandates of sex-offender specific laws. The book is a synthesis of the clinical research on the subject by a large number of scholars presented within the larger perspective of the problem itself, closer to the natural roots of human sexual behaviors and their historicity. The text charts a provocative, thoughtful, and necessary direction for interpreting and clarifying society’s response to sexual deviance. It offers a clear and cogent argument explaining how law and medicine can move beyond the present climate of moral panic guided by a discerning and deliberate approach to interpreting sexual offenders. Among topics covered are women in society, deviant sexuality, the reality of evil, rape and rapists, lust murderers, the relationship of mental illness to sexual offending, victims of sexual abuse and their victimizers, treatment, sex offender laws, and the logic of sex offender laws and policies. This book provides a useful and accessible primer for readers interested in such subjects as the role of women in society, the history of victimization, the relationship between mental illness and sexual offending, and the relevant laws on the subject. It serves as an outstanding resource for psychiatrists, lawyers, criminologists, policy analysts, and forensic mental health professionals as the authors expertly reveal the world of sexual offenders.

Farkas, Mary Ann

This book was born out of the pressure imposed on forensic experts by the new sexual predator laws and the dilemma they have created. These include how we conceptualize sexual offenders and their victimization, how to manage and control sex offender behavior, and how to resolve the conflict of forensic experts in the roles of both treatment providers and as agents of social control under the mandates of sex-offender specific laws. The book is a synthesis of the clinical research on the subject by a large number of scholars presented within the larger perspective of the problem itself, closer to the natural roots of human sexual behaviors and their historicity. The text charts a provocative, thoughtful, and necessary direction for interpreting and clarifying society’s response to sexual deviance. It offers a clear and cogent argument explaining how law and medicine can move beyond the present climate of moral panic guided by a discerning and deliberate approach to interpreting sexual offenders. Among topics covered are women in society, deviant sexuality, the reality of evil, rape and rapists, lust murderers, the relationship of mental illness to sexual offending, victims of sexual abuse and their victimizers, treatment, sex offender laws, and the logic of sex offender laws and policies. This book provides a useful and accessible primer for readers interested in such subjects as the role of women in society, the history of victimization, the relationship between mental illness and sexual offending, and the relevant laws on the subject. It serves as an outstanding resource for psychiatrists, lawyers, criminologists, policy analysts, and forensic mental health professionals as the authors expertly reveal the world of sexual offenders.

Palermo (a professor of psychiatry and neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and of criminology and law studies at Marquette U.) believes that most of the factors usually cited for violent behavior are not the primary causes for such behavior. Instead, he suggests, violence is "basically due to the lack of the formative influence of the family unit on its members." Concentrating on individual violent behavior, he first appraises the theories used to explain crime from historical, sociological, psychological, etho-biological, and statistical perspectives. He next presents examinations of different types of personal crime, including serial murder, sexual violence, domestic violence, mass murder, and filicide and parricide. Finally, he presents his own arguments regarding the facilitators of individual crime. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Offender Profiling: An Introduction To The Sociopsychological Analysis Of Violent Crime (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law)

Aimed at professionals involved in criminal justice work, this text presents an introduction to criminal profiling. In the first section, Palermo (who teaches psychiatry and criminology) and Kocsis (a forensic psychologist) explain the connections between the major violent crimes and the underlying personality of the offenders. The second section considers crime scenes and how criminals sometimes alter them to mislead the police. Each of five chapters in the final section examines a particular approach to profiling (i.e., socio-psychological, crime action, geographic, etc.) Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Offender Profiling: An Introduction To The Sociopsychological Analysis Of Violent Crime (AMERICAN SERIES IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND LAW)

Kocsis, Richard N., Ph.D.

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The Faces of Violence (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law)

The Faces of Violence (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law)

The Paranoid: In and Out of Prison (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law)

The Paranoid: In and Out of Prison (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law)

The Dilemma of the Sexual Offender (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law, 1101,)

The Dilemma of the Sexual Offender (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law, 1101,)

The Faces of Violence (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law)

Offender Profiling: An Introduction To The Sociopsychological Analysis Of Violent Crime (AMERICAN SERIES IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND LAW)