There are many areas of the law in which predictions of the potential for violence play a significant role. For example, United States v. Salerno (1986) discussed the issue of the potential for violence with regard to decisions made during bail hearings. Further, decisions regarding probation/parole often entail a concern for whether the person will pose a risk to others. Since the landmark case of Lessard v. Schmidt (1972), the process of civil commitment has been based on the concept of “danger to self or others” by reason of mental illness. Of the 32 states in which the death penalty is permitted, 26 of them allow information related to an individual’s potential for future violence to be presented to help the jury to determine the approp...
Central issues include the causal relationship between mental disorders and violence, the ability of...
This compact reference makes the case for a middle ground between clinical and actuarial methods in ...
This compact reference makes the case for a middle ground between clinical and actuarial methods in ...
Over the years the criminal justice system throughout the United States has re-lied on psychiatrists...
The question of a criminal defendant’s risk for future offending may be of interest to courts in a v...
Predictions of dangerousness, violence, and recidivism continue to play an ever-growing role in the ...
The question of a criminal defendant’s risk for future offending may be of interest to courts in a v...
Risk assessment is, most generally, the process of understanding hazards to minimize their negative ...
Risk assessment is, most generally, the process of understanding hazards to minimize their negative ...
Risk assessment is, most generally, the process of understanding hazards to minimize their negative ...
At-sentencing risk assessments are predictions of an individual’s statistically likely future crimin...
Beginning in the 1990s, researchers in the field of violence risk assessment recognized that even th...
Central issues include the causal relationship between mental disorders and violence, the ability of...
40 pagesYoung adults were shown hypothetical stimulus vignettes describing mental patients and were ...
Central issues include the causal relationship between mental disorders and violence, the ability of...
Central issues include the causal relationship between mental disorders and violence, the ability of...
This compact reference makes the case for a middle ground between clinical and actuarial methods in ...
This compact reference makes the case for a middle ground between clinical and actuarial methods in ...
Over the years the criminal justice system throughout the United States has re-lied on psychiatrists...
The question of a criminal defendant’s risk for future offending may be of interest to courts in a v...
Predictions of dangerousness, violence, and recidivism continue to play an ever-growing role in the ...
The question of a criminal defendant’s risk for future offending may be of interest to courts in a v...
Risk assessment is, most generally, the process of understanding hazards to minimize their negative ...
Risk assessment is, most generally, the process of understanding hazards to minimize their negative ...
Risk assessment is, most generally, the process of understanding hazards to minimize their negative ...
At-sentencing risk assessments are predictions of an individual’s statistically likely future crimin...
Beginning in the 1990s, researchers in the field of violence risk assessment recognized that even th...
Central issues include the causal relationship between mental disorders and violence, the ability of...
40 pagesYoung adults were shown hypothetical stimulus vignettes describing mental patients and were ...
Central issues include the causal relationship between mental disorders and violence, the ability of...
Central issues include the causal relationship between mental disorders and violence, the ability of...
This compact reference makes the case for a middle ground between clinical and actuarial methods in ...
This compact reference makes the case for a middle ground between clinical and actuarial methods in ...