Drawn from research funded by the Australian Research Council and prepared in conjunction with a workshop at Monash University, Prato ,Italy, this collection of papers examines several key
questions in public policy regarding the detention and treatment of persons deemed dangerous to society. The research covers topics such as the civil commitment of sex offenders, quarantine of
those with infectious diseases, the treatment of asylum seekers and the mentally ill. Individual essays discuss such subjects as international human rights perspectives on detention without
charge, sexual offender commitment laws in the U.S.A., assessing and managing violent youth and case managing high-risk offenders. Contributors include academics in mental health public policy
and legal disciplines from the U.S., UK and Australia. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
