Managing Fear

Bernadette McSherry, BA(Hons), LLB(Hons), LLM (Melb), PhD (York, Canada), Grad Dip Psych (Monash), is a Professor and Foundation Director of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute at the University of Melbourne, and an Adjunct Professor of Law in the Melbourne School of Law and the Faculty of Law, Monash University. She was previously a Professor of Law, an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health at Monash University. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Professor McSherry is a legal member of the Mental Health Review Board of Victoria and has acted as a consultant to government on criminal law, sentencing and mental health law issues.

• Part I: Introduction and Theories of Risk and Precaution. Introduction. Theories of Risk and Precaution. Risk Assessment Instruments and Techniques. Part II: The Laws of Preventive Detention and Supervision Laws of Preventive Detention. Supervision, Control, and Community Treatment Orders. Proving Risk in Preventive Detention and Supervision Proceedings. Part III: Human Rights and Ethical Issues Human Rights Issues. The Ethics of Forensic Risk Assessment. Part IV: Conclusion Conclusion. Appendix A: Table of Cases. Appendix B: Table of Statutes.

"This is a topical book. It is replete with references to academic discussion of forensic psychiatry – hundreds of them in review articles; more than twice the number of the book’s pages. Many lay readers will lack access to those articles....For those lawyers whose practice includes issues of preventive detention, this book will be a valuable repository of research."Graham Fricke, Law Institute Journal