A full and challenging examination of the practice and contextual issues relating to nursing in secure units - whether within special hospitals, the prison service or more general hospitals. Historical and philosophical issues are explored, then more practical aspects are discussed.

Introduction: the Silent Scream; T.Mason & D.Mercer
From Devilry to Diagnosis: the Painful Birth of Forensic Psychiatry; D.Mercer & T.Mason
Beyond Madness and Badness: Where Angels Fear to Tread?; D.Mercer
Control in the Community; G.McCann
Violence, Fear and Power; R.Whittington
Seclusion: a Catacomb of Control; T.Mason & M.Chandley
More than a Pound of Flesh: a Patient's Perspective; S.George
The Nature of the Beast: Sex Offender Treatment; D.Mercer
Rehabilitation: 'The Ship of Fools'?; T.Mason & D.Mercer
The Ceremonial and Moral Order of a Ward for Psychopaths; J.Richman
Therapy vs Security: Reconciling Healing and Damnation; S.Burrow
Language, Race and Forensic Psychiatry: Some Dilemmas for Anti-discriminatory Practice; M.McKeown & M.Stowell-Smith
Fallen from Grace: Women, Power and Knowledge; M.McKeown & D.Mercer
Doctors' Orders: The Mentally Disordered in Prison; J.Senior
Nurse Education: Scribes and Scriptures; G.Carton.