| Description |
xi, 370 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Historical overview of risk assessment -- Introducing a broad model for risk assessment -- Defining the referral question -- 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 with psychiatric patients -- Risk assessment with sexual offenders -- Risk assessment with juvenile offenders -- Risk assessment of death penalty defendants |
| Summary |
"Beginning with a brief historical overview of the field, Forensics Assessment of Violence Risk clarifies the risk assessment model, which begins by exploring the risk assessment question and concludes by connecting the completed risk assessment to effective strategies for risk management."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Violence -- Risk assessment.
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Dangerously mentally ill.
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Criminal behavior -- Risk assessment.
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Juvenile delinquents.
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| Author |
Murrie, Daniel C., 1974-
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| LC no. |
2007011148 |
| ISBN |
9780470049334 hardback |
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0470049332 hardback |
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