Forensic assessment of violence risk:a guide for risk assessment and risk management
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John Wiley & Sons,
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Publisher Address: | Hoboken, N.J. |
Publication Dates: | c2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 370 p.: ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780470049334 (cloth : alk. paper) 0470049332 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | R749 |
CLC: | R749.4 |
Call Number: | R749.4/C754 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-352) and index. Historical overview of risk assessment -- Introducing a broad model for risk assessment -- Risk of what? Defining the referral question -- What do we know overall? 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 of patients with serious mental illne |