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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782493703321

Titolo

Rethinking risk assessment [[electronic resource] ] : the MacArthur Study of mental disorder and violence / / by John Monahan ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-19-773674-2

0-19-028601-6

1-280-83475-7

9786610834754

0-19-803174-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MonahanJohn <1946->

Disciplina

616.89

616.89075

Soggetti

Dangerously mentally ill - United States

Violence - United States

Risk assessment - United States

Mentally ill - Commitment and detention - United States

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. 169-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.