This volume is a product of an informal, personal journal kept by Professor Maslow during his tenure of observation at a California electronics plant, a visit made at the invitation of the firm’s president. “I came there for no specific task or purpose, but I became very much interested in what was going on there for various reasons,” states Professor Maslow. It was the first time he had been confronted with an enlightened, modern management in a business firm. He began to take notes on the operation of the firm. As a theoretical-clinical-personality psychologist, he made suggestions concerning business and organization theory. This volume is composed of knowledge gained from the firm and from the general literature of an enlightened business management, and knowledge acquired through adopted suggestions by the author concerning business organization and theory.

Focus in the media on the risks posed to ordinary people has become increasingly strong in recent years - particularly on those risks popularly perceived to be posed by the mentally ill. But how justified is this concern? How do we best manage so-called dangerous people? In Will They Do It Again? Herschel Prins considers the issue of public protection within a broad context of risk in society generally, examining the concerns arising in contemporary society from dealing with uncertainty. It is argued that public fear over the danger posed by the mentally ill is at odds with the evidence, and that much of the concern is focused on a small number of high-profile cases. Prins goes on to examine such cases where management of the mentally ill has failed and sets out suggestions for improvements in practice. Will They Do It Again? cuts through popular misunderstanding and media hype over risk to give a clear, unbiased picture of the real risks to society from the mentally ill and how best they can be contained and managed, and will prove invaluable to a range of practitioners involved in the fields of criminal justice and psychiatry.

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