Bad, mad and dangerous to know; ''A Macabre Dance to his Well-known Tune'' - the pathway of resistance; a flurry of activity - the political reaction to a dangerous person; bad or mad? The credibility of psychiatry; a malleable boundary and the bridging manoeuvres; the Supreme Court - David versus Goliath; the social audience and a master puppeteer - representations, images and the media; the prism of dangerousness.
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The author is keenly aware of the profound societal, ethical and philosophical issues that arise in and around the `no man's land' occupied by personality disordered individuals...this book, like the `diagnosis' of its essential character, has no national boundaries. The subject-matter is representative of a clinical situation that could arise and has arisen in many jurisdictions. The `bad or mad' conundrum confronts the very credibility of psychiatry and its knowledge base...the potential readership of this book has no established parameters and will appeal to many. This book is highly recommended.