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'...recommended to anyone who would like a single source introduction to the topic of restricted patients.' -John Hughes, Director of Interventions, Hertfordshire Probation Trust 'This is a very relevant and up-to-date book for those interested in the way managerial procedures inform practice within the field of mental health...It is informative and the primary data used provide an insider's view to a heavily-guarded and protected area of public policy.' -Manos Daskalou, University of Northampton, in the British Journal of Community Justice vol 9 '...Boyd-Caine's incisive analysis demonstrates that this system is emblematic of the increasing dominance of the risk agenda in contemporary penal policy.' 'There is no area which Boyd-Caine overlooks as she scrutinizes topics as complex as the fallibility of forensic psychiatry and its inadvertent collusion with the notion that mental disorder in itself is a risk factor. The exhaustive analysis offered is rich and satisfying in the justice it does to this far-from-straightforward policy area.' 'For those seeking an insight into the machinations that govern the restricted patient system, this book provides the answer. Further, Boyd-Caine's grounded and principled exploration of this area goes a long way to provide evidence that the notion of public protection, in its current guise, is both nebulous and profoundly problematic in the false binaries it creates.' -Eleanor Fellowes, Probation Officer, London Probation Trust in Probation Journal, vol 58 no 4

'...recommended to anyone who would like a single source introduction to the topic of restricted patients.' -John Hughes, Director of Interventions, Hertfordshire Probation Trust 'This is a very relevant and up-to-date book for those interested in the way managerial procedures inform practice within the field of mental health...It is informative and the primary data used provide an insider's view to a heavily-guarded and protected area of public policy.' -Manos Daskalou, University of Northampton, in the British Journal of Community Justice vol 9 '...Boyd-Caine,s incisive analysis demonstrates that this system is emblematic of the increasing dominance of the risk agenda in contemporary penal policy.' 'There is no area which Boyd-Caine overlooks as she scrutinizes topics as complex as the fallibility of forensic psychiatry and its inadvertent collusion with the notion that mental disorder in itself is a risk factor. The exhaustive analysis offered is rich and satisfying in the justice it does to this far-from-straightforward policy area.' 'For those seeking an insight into the machinations that govern the restricted patient system, this book provides the answer. Further, Boyd-Caine,s grounded and principled exploration of this area goes a long way to provide evidence that the notion of public protection, in its current guise, is both nebulous and profoundly problematic in the false binaries it creates.' -Eleanor Fellowes, Probation Officer, London Probation Trust in Probation Journal, vol 58 no 4

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Boyd-Caine, Tessa

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