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Forensic Psychiatry

Influences of Evil

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Editors:
  1. Tom Mason

    1. School of Health and Social Care, University of Chester, Chester, UK

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Tom Mason
    Pages 1-14

  3. Organizations As Evil Structures

    • Dave Holmes, Cary Federman
    Pages 15-30

  4. The Psychopharmaceutical Complex

    • Brian Kean
    Pages 31-65

  5. Intention, Excuse, and Insanity

    • Tamas Pataki
    Pages 67-87

  6. An Archaeology of the Psychopath

    • Tom Mason
    Pages 89-108

  7. The Comforts of Evil

    • Mick McKeown, Mark Stowell-Smith
    Pages 109-134

  8. Madness, Badness, and Evil

    • Deidre N. Greig
    Pages 135-152

  9. Destruction As a Constructive Choice

    • David A. Winter
    Pages 153-177

  10. Violence As Secular Evil

    • Stephen A. Diamond
    Pages 179-206

  11. Scapegoat, Spectacle, and Confessional

    • Dave Mercer, Joel Richman
    Pages 207-230

  12. The Vilification of Victimized Children in Historical Perspective

    • Victoria Van Slyke
    Pages 231-248

  13. Evil

    • J. David Kinzie
    Pages 249-257

  14. Capacities and Dispositions

    • Gwen Adshead
    Pages 259-271

  15. Should Radical Evil Be Forgiven?

    • Marguerite La Caze
    Pages 273-293

  16. Mad, Bad, and Evil

    • Michael Levine
    Pages 295-312

  17. Talking About Evil, Even When It Is Not Supposed to Exist

    • C. Fred Alford
    Pages 313-325

  18. The Influence of Evil on Forensic Clinical Practice

    • Tom Mason, Joel Richman, Dave Mercer
    Pages 327-353

  19. Hope in the Face of Evil

    • Geri Miller, Ron Hood
    Pages 355-366

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 367-387
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About this book

An international panel of experts from diverse specialties examine the idea of "evil" in a medical context, specifically a mental health setting, to consider how the concept can be usefully interpreted, and to elucidate its relationship to forensic psychiatry. The authors challenge the belief that the concept of "evil" plays no role in "scientific" psychiatry and is not helpful to our understanding of aberrant human thinking and behavior. Among the viewpoints up for debate are a consideration of organizations as evil structures, the "medicalization" of evil, destruction as a constructive choice, violence as a secular evil, talking about evil when it is not supposed to exist, and the influence of evil on forensic clinical practice. Among the highlights are a psychological exploration of the notion of "evil" and a variety of interesting research methods used to explore the nature of "evil."

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Health and Social Care, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tom Mason

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Forensic Psychiatry

  • Book Subtitle: Influences of Evil

  • Editors: Tom Mason

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-006-5

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Humana Press 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-449-4Published: 15 December 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-577-4Published: 05 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-006-5Published: 05 November 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 388

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Forensic Medicine

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