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

• Autore: Conroy Mary Alice <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8582
• Soggetto topico: Violence - Risk assessment; Dangerously mentally ill - Risk assessment; Criminals - Risk assessment; Juvenile delinquents - Risk assessment
• Altri autori: MurrieDaniel C. <1974->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Forensic assessment of violence risk
• ISBN: 1-281-20372-6; 9786611203726; 1-118-26967-5; 0-470-17973-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910876770403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II