Forensische Psychiatrie - Erfahrungswissenschaft und Menschenkunde

Hans-Ludwig Kröber has had a decisive influence on the development of forensic psychiatry in recent decades, above all in the field of assessment and in the treatment and re-socialisation of mentally ill offenders in the prison system.offenders in the prison system, but also through his commitment to linking the field with neighbouring disciplines, and not only in his function as Director of the Institute of Forensic Psychiatry in Berlin from 1996 to 2016.
The articles in this book are dedicated to him, touching on the history of the subject beyond personal reminiscences, testifying to the breadth of the subject and exemplifying the interdisciplinary dialogue on which forensic psychiatry as a science depends. The works of renowned authors make this collection of essays an important forensic reader and provide answers to questions about the methodology and theory of forensic psychiatry, which sees itself as an empirical science and a study of human nature. The diversity of the topics covered not only reflects the multifaceted nature of the discipline, but also the broad range of interests of the author, who is listed in an index of his publications.