Nursing and Multidisciplinary Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Educational aspects of forensic nursing -- 2 Overview and contemporary issues in the role of the forensic nurse in the UK -- 3 The practitioner new to the role of forensic psychiatric nurse in the UK -- 4 A two-nation perspective on issues of practice and provision for professionals caring for mentally disordered offenders -- 5 The role of forensic nurses in the community -- 6 A forensic psychiatry perspective -- 7 Clinical psychology and the forensic nursing role -- 8 Transfer of case management from forensic social worker to forensic nurse -- 9 Reclaiming the soul: a spiritual perspective on forensic nursing -- 10 Autonomy and Personhood -- 11 The Role of the Forensic Nurse in Clinical Supervision -- 12 Staff Stress, Coping Skills and Job Satisfaction in Forensic Nursing -- 13 The Role of the Forensic Psychiatric Nurse in the Netherlands -- 14 Forensic Mental Health Care in Australia -- 15 The Role of the Forensic Nurse in Canada -- 16 The Role of the Forensic Nurse in the USA -- 17 The Role of Forensic Nurses in Norway -- 18 The Role of the Forensic Nurse in Germany -- 19 A Global Perspective in Forensic Nursing -- 20 From a Reactive Past into the Proactive New Millennium -- Appendix: Patients' Charter for the State Hospital -- References -- The Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author Index.