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Rethinking risk assessment : the MacArthur study of mental disorder and violence / by John Monahan [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198031741
  • 0198031742
  • 1280834757
  • 9781280834752
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rethinking risk assessment.DDC classification:
  • 616.89/075 22
LOC classification:
  • RC569.5.V55 R47 2001eb
NLM classification:
  • WM 141
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Violence risk assessment: the law and the science -- 2. Violence among patients in the community -- 3. Testing "criminological" risk factors -- 4. Testing "clinical" risk factors -- 5. Customizing risk assessment -- 6. Combining customized risk assessments to produce the best estimate of risk -- 7. Violence and the clinician: assessing and managing risk -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References -- Index.
Summary: Rethinking Risk Assessment' tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-186) and index.

1. Violence risk assessment: the law and the science -- 2. Violence among patients in the community -- 3. Testing "criminological" risk factors -- 4. Testing "clinical" risk factors -- 5. Customizing risk assessment -- 6. Combining customized risk assessments to produce the best estimate of risk -- 7. Violence and the clinician: assessing and managing risk -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References -- Index.

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Rethinking Risk Assessment' tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence.

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