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

• Autore: Monahan John <1946->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.89; 616.89075
• Soggetto topico: Dangerously mentally ill - United States; Violence - United States; Risk assessment - United States; Mentally ill - Commitment and detention - United States; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Violence - psychology; Mental Disorders - psychology; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Factors
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2001.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rethinking risk assessment
• ISBN: 0-19-773674-2; 0-19-028601-6; 1-280-83475-7; 9786610834754; 0-19-803174-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972019603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.