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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145265103321

Autore

Conroy Mary Alice <1945->

Titolo

Forensic assessment of violence risk [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for risk assessment and risk management / / Mary Alice Conroy, Daniel C. Murrie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2007

ISBN

1-281-20372-6

9786611203726

1-118-26967-5

0-470-17973-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MurrieDaniel C. <1974->

Disciplina

616.8582

Soggetti

Violence - Risk assessment

Dangerously mentally ill - Risk assessment

Criminals - Risk assessment

Juvenile delinquents - Risk assessment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-352) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Historical overview of risk assessment -- Introducing a broad model for risk assessment -- Risk of what? Defining the referral question -- What do we know overall? Consider normative data and population base rates -- What do we know about individuals like this one? Empirically supported risk and protective factors -- What do we know about this individual? Idiographic factors and the need for individualized assessment -- What can we say about the results of a risk assessment? Risk communication -- From risk assessment to risk management -- Risk assessment of patients with serious mental illness -- Risk assessment with sexual offenders -- Risk assessment with juvenile offenders -- Risk assessment of death penalty defendants.

Sommario/riassunto

Forensic Assessment of Violence Risk: A Guide for Risk Assessment and Risk Management provides both a summary of research to date and an integrated model for mental health professionals conducting risk assessments, one of the most high-stakes evaluations forensic mental



health professionals perform.