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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. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).
Ch. 1. Historical Perspective -- Ch. 2. Previous Research on Prediction -- Ch. 3. Methods and Measurement -- Ch. 4. Clinical Judgment -- Ch. 5. Mentally Disordered Offenders -- Ch. 6. Fire Setters -- Ch. 7. Sex Offenders -- Ch. 8. Actuarial Prediction of Violence -- Ch. 9. Fifteen Arguments Against Actuarial Risk Appraisal -- Ch. 10. Treatment and Management -- Ch. 11. Conclusion -- App. A. Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) -- App. B. Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide (SORAG) -- App. C. Normative Data on the Distribution of VRAG and SORAG Scores -- App. D. Technical Questions About the Application of the VRAG and SORAG -- App. E. Cormier-Lang System for Quantifying Criminal History -- App. F. Manual for the Compilation of a Psychosocial History Suitable for Risk Appraisal -- App. G. Detailed Example Psychosocial History Suitable for Scoring the VRAG and SORAG -- App. H. Detailed Example of Scoring the VRAG From the Psychosocial History in Appendix G.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-337) and indexes.