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xviii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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Law and public policy |
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Law and public policy.
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| Contents |
I. HISTORICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTEXT -- 1. Historical Perspective -- North American Institutions -- Adjudication of Insanity Acquitees -- Preventive Detention -- Mentally Disordered Offenders in Ontario -- Oak Ridge -- Conclusion -- 2. Previous Research on Prediction-- Empirical Prediction of Recidivism -- Critique -- Summary -- 3. Methods and Measurement -- What We Do Not Define -- Some Terms Defined -- Thinking About Effect Sizes -- Measuring Predictive Accuracy -- 4. Clinical judgment -- Human judgment -- Clinical judgment -- Prediction of Violence -- Clinical and Actuarial Models -- Professional Training and Expertise -- II. A NEW GENERATION OF FOLLOW-UP STUDIES -- 5. Mentally Disordered Offenders -- Characteristics of Mentally Disordered Offenders --A Follow-Up of Men Treated in a Maximum Security Token Economy -- A Comparative Follow-Up of Men Treated in a Maximum Security Therapeutic Community --A Follow-Up of Insanity Acquittees and a Comparison Sample of Correctional Inmates -- A Comparison of Criminal Recidivism Among Schizophrenic and Nonschizophrenic Offenders -- Psychiatric Comorbidity and the Prediction of Violence -- Conclusions -- 6. Fire Setters -- Historical Overview -- Empirical Studies: Characteristics of Fire Setters -- A Study of the Social Competence of Fire. Setters -- Fire Setter Subtypes Assessing Risk Among Fire Setters -- Oak Ridge Study of Risk Assessment Among Fire Setters -- 7. Sex Offenders -- Sex Offenders and Sexual Deviance -- Is There a Sex Offender Psychology? -- Predictors of Recidivism Among Sex Offenders -- Treatment and Recidivism Among Sex Offenders -- Toward Explaining Sexual Aggression -- Conclusion -- |
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III. DEVELOPMENT OF VIOLENCE PREDICTION INSTRUMENTS -- 8. Actuarial Prediction of Violence -- Construction -- VRAG --Application of the VRAG -- Special Populations -- Redundancy and Robustness of the VRAG -- Concluding Comments -- 9. Fifteen Arguments Against Actuarial Risk Appraisal -- Arguments Against Using the VRAG -- Presenting Evidence About Actuarial Risk Appraisal -- What Is an Expert? A Critique of Clinicians as Experts -- III. ALTERING THE RISK OF VIOLENCE -- 10. Treatment and Management -- Planning Institutional Treatment Programs -- Process of Recidivism and Relapse Prevention -- Proximal Predictors of Antisocial Failure -- 1I. Conclusion -- Static and Dynamic Predictors -- Actuarial Prediction and Theory -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) -- Sex Offender Risk Appraisal. Guide (SCRAG) -- Normative Data on the Distribution of VRAG and SCRAG Scores - Technical Questions About the Application of the VRAG and SORAG -- Cormier Lang System for Quantifying Criminal History -- A. Manual for the Compilation of a Psychosocial History Suitable for Risk Appraisal -- B. Detailed Example Psychosocial History Suitable for Scoring the VRAG and SORAG -- H. Detailed Example of Scoring the VRAG From the Psychosocial History in Appendix G -- I. Detailed Example of Scoring the SORAG From the Psychosocial History in Appendix G -- J. Example of a Violence Risk Appraisal Report -- K. Problem Identification Checklist (File Version) -- L. Dynamic Antisociality -- M. Cross-Sectional Oak Ridge Statistics Over 35 Years |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-337) and indexes |
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Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks |
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English |
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Mentally ill prisoners -- United States.
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Sex offenders -- United States.
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Violent crimes -- United States.
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Violent offenders -- United States.
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Mental Disorders -- therapy.
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Mental Disorders.
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Mentally Disorders
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Prisoners -- statistics & numerical data.
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Prisoners.
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Sex Offenses -- psychology.
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Sex Offenses.
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Sex crimes
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Violence -- psychology.
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| Author |
Cormier, Catherine A.
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Harris, Grant T.
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Quinsey, Vernon L.
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Rice, Marnie E
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American Psychological Association.
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Ovid Technologies, Inc.
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| LC no. |
98004013 |
| ISBN |
1557984956 |
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