Title Violent offenders : appraising and managing risk / Vernon L. Quinsey [and others]

Edition 1st ed Published Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 356 pages) : illustrations Series The law and public policy Law and public policy. Contents Ch. 1. Historical Perspective -- Ch. 2. Previous Research on Prediction -- Ch. 3. Methods and Measurement -- Ch. 4. Clinical Judgment -- Ch. 5. Mentally Disordered Offenders -- Ch. 6. Fire Setters -- Ch. 7. Sex Offenders -- Ch. 8. Actuarial Prediction of Violence -- Ch. 9. Fifteen Arguments Against Actuarial Risk Appraisal -- Ch. 10. Treatment and Management -- Ch. 11. Conclusion -- App. A. Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) -- App. B. Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide (SORAG) -- App. C. Normative Data on the Distribution of VRAG and SORAG Scores -- App. D. Technical Questions About the Application of the VRAG and SORAG -- App. E. Cormier-Lang System for Quantifying Criminal History -- App. F. Manual for the Compilation of a Psychosocial History Suitable for Risk Appraisal -- App. G. Detailed Example Psychosocial History Suitable for Scoring the VRAG and SORAG -- App. H. Detailed Example of Scoring the VRAG From the Psychosocial History in Appendix G Summary The primary focus of this book is on criminal violence of both mentally disordered and criminal inmates, whose histories of criminal violence raise serious societal concerns about the commission of future acts of violence. It is difficult for legal experts, psychologists, and policy makers to make decisions that strike the proper balance between an offender's civil liberties and community safety. Such a balance requires an accurate assessment of the likelihood that an individual offender will commit a new violent or sexual offense. On the basis of their research on mentally disordered offenders, sex offenders, fire setters, and psychopathic offenders, the authors have devised an actuarial assessment instrument, the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide. The authors argue that risk management can be improved by combining what is already known about predicting violence, clinical decision making, and program evaluation. They conclude that the results of their applied research have implications for our understanding of the etiology of violent criminal behavior. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-337) and indexes Issuing Body Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection Notes English Print version record In PsycBooks Subject Mentally ill prisoners -- United States Sex offenders -- United States Violent offenders -- United States Mental illness. Sex crimes. Mental illness -- Treatment. Mental Disorders Sex crimes Sex Offenses Mentally Disorders Prisoners Prisoners -- statistics & numerical data Sex Offenses -- psychology Mental Disorders -- therapy Violence -- psychology mental disorders. Sex crimes Mental illness -- Treatment Mental illness Mentally ill prisoners Sex offenders Violent offenders Gewalttätigkeit Strafgefangener Geweld. Misdadigers. United States Form Electronic book Author Quinsey, Vernon L American Psychological Association.

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