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Very Informative
As someone who works with troubled teens, I can see characteristics to watch for those who may be more disturbed than I had thought. This book is very important for anyone who has the opportunity to identify one of these monsters before they can destroy people.

Frighteningly accurate portrayal of these monsters.
I was riveted and kept reading about the terrible people who are so primitive and savage. Reading about the 'Pairs' was very scary. When two people are egging one another on to do even more terrible things, the result is even more horror.
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Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Psychology    3. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    4. Clinical psychology    5. Criminal or forensic psychology   

Subjects:  1. Criminal investigation    2. Forensic Psychology    3. Forensic Science    4. Interviewing in law enforcemen    5. Interviewing in law enforcement    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Police questioning    8. Psychology    9. Criminal investigation & detection    10. Criminal or forensic psychology    11. Psychological methodology    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology   

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suicidal patients
dr. bongar's work is especially helpful for mental health professionals to help them understand and appreciate the experience through which the prospectively suicidal patient finds him or herself.like most books published by the apa, it is fairly exhaustive on research (although this review is written 4 years after publication and i acknowledge that a current revision would be welcome in a couple years), perhaps a bit theoretical, and does not provide succinctly written summaries for a busy professionals.it outlines clinical considerations and potential courses or action.it examines legal issues relevant to clinical intervention and failed intervention.the recommendations dr. bongar makes are excellent.this is not, in my opinion, a book for families or patients.i highly recommend this book for academicians and clinicians who wish to better understand and want to more effectively manage potentially suicidal situations.at $33, i think that the information i learned more than justified the purchase.

Suicide Basics
Dr. Bongar gives a practicing psychotherapist the information she or he needs to decrease the risk of suicide by a patient and effectively intervene with the suicidal patient.
Essential reading for all practicing clinicians
The Suicidal Patient by Bruce Bongar provides a much-needed manual for all practicing clinicians.Why do I say all?Well, if you are a clinician the odds are that at some point in your career you will encounter a suicidal patient.In fact, according to Bongar, even "student therapists have a one in three chance of experiencing a patient suicide or suicide attempt during their training years."Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Crisis Intervention    3. Defensive medicine    4. Forensic Psychology    5. Forensic psychiatry    6. Psychology    7. Psychotherapy - General    8. Suicidal Behavior    9. Suicide    10. Treatment    11. Clinical psychology    12. Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Psychology    3. Psychotherapy - Couples & Family    4. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    5. Social Science    6. Social Work    7. Social Work Administration    8. Social workers    9. Supervision of    10. Training of    11. Industrial or vocational training    12. Social, group or collective psychology   

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Competency to stand trial    3. Criminal Procedure    4. Forensic Psychology    5. Forensic psychiatry    6. Insanity    7. Jurisprudence    8. Psychology    9. United States   

Subjects:  1. Civil rights    2. Congresses    3. Criminal investigation    4. Criminology    5. Forensic Psychology    6. Forensic Science    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Police questioning    9. Social Science    10. Sociology    11. Criminal investigation & detection   

Subjects:  1. Abuse - General    2. Canada    3. Child abuse    4. Children's Studies    5. Family violence    6. Forensic Psychology    7. Prevention    8. Psychology    9. Social Work    10. Sociology    11. United States    12. Domestic violence    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology    14. Violence in society   

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Forensic psychiatry    3. Insanity    4. Jurisprudence    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Mental Health    8. Mental Health And Hygiene    9. Mental Illness    10. Mental health laws    11. Social Law    12. United States    13. Law as it applies to other professions    14. Medicolegal issues    15. Mental health services    16. Public health & safety law    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. Family Law - General    2. Forensic Psychology    3. Gender & the Law    4. General    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal status, laws, etc    8. Psychological aspects    9. Psychology    10. Women    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Constitutional & administrative law    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    14. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law - General    2. Forensic Psychology    3. Movements - Behaviorism    4. Psychology    5. Law / Criminal Law    6. Violence in society   

Subjects:  1. Adolescent Psychology    2. Case studies    3. Juvenile delinquency    4. Mental health    5. Psychology    6. Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent    7. Social Work    8. Teenagers    9. Violence in adolescence    10. Child & developmental psychology    11. Psychiatry    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Clinical Psychology    2. Cognitive Psychology    3. Criminology    4. Forensic Psychology    5. Human Sexuality    6. Mental Health    7. Mental Illness    8. Psychiatry - General    9. Psychology    10. Psychosexual disorders    11. Rehabilitation    12. Sex offenders    13. Treatment    14. Other Branches of Medicine    15. Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Psychology    3. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology   

Subjects:  1. California    2. Forensic Psychology    3. Forensic psychiatry    4. Legal status, laws, etc    5. Legal status, laws, etc.    6. Mental Health    7. Mental Health And Hygiene    8. Mental health laws    9. Mental health personnel    10. Psychology    11. Psychology & Psychiatry Profession - General   

Subjects:  1. Aggressiveness    2. Clinical Psychology    3. Collective behavior    4. Group Psychology    5. Group psychotherapy    6. Mental Health    7. Psychological aspects    8. Psychology    9. Psychopathology - General    10. Social Psychology    11. Violence    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology    13. Social, group or collective psychology    14. Violence in society   

Subjects:  1. Archaeology    2. Clinical Psychology    3. Criminal Psychology    4. Criminals    5. Forensic Psychology    6. Forensic psychiatry    7. Mental health services    8. Penology    9. Prisoners    10. Psychology    11. Psychotherapy - General    12. Abnormal psychology    13. Psychiatry    14. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology    15. Rehabilitation of offenders   

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The Psychology of Crimnal justice
This is a very easy to read book ,and is sutiable for those who do not have any background in Criminology or Law . The book is designed so that it goes in order from what makes criminals all the way to victim/offender interaction to the crimnial justice system itself. At the same time you can choose to read individual chapters of your choice without having to have read the chapter before . Thus it makes it an excellent reference book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal justice, Administrati    2. Criminal justice, Administration of    3. Criminal psychology    4. Criminology    5. Forensic Psychology    6. General    7. Law    8. Psychological aspects    9. Psychology    10. Sociology    11. Criminal or forensic psychology    12. Law / General    13. Offenders   

Subjects:  1. Criminology    2. Forensic Psychology    3. Great Britain    4. Psychology    5. Rehabilitation    6. Sex offenders    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Offenders   

Subjects:  1. Conduct of court proceedings    2. Courts - Supreme Court    3. Forensic Psychology    4. Judicial process    5. Political questions and judicial power    6. Psychological aspects    7. Psychology    8. United States    9. Courts & procedure    10. Criminal or forensic psychology    11. Jurisprudence & philosophy of law    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology    13. Psychology | Forensic Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Criminology    2. Forensic Psychology    3. Mental Illness    4. Psychology    5. Social Science    6. Sociology    7. Crime & criminology