Forensic assessment of violence risk:a guide for risk assessment and risk management

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Conroy Mary Alice 1945-
Group Author: Murrie Daniel C 1974-
Published: John Wiley & Sons,
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