Violence and mental disorder : developments in risk assessment
Violence and mental disorder : developments in risk assessment
Monahan, John; Steadman, Henry J.; (eds.)
- Chicago University of Chicago Press 1994
- 324 p. ; 23 cm.
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on mental health and development .
Preface List of Contributors 1: Toward a Rejuvenation of Risk Assessment Research John Monahan, Henry J. Steadman. 2: Anger as a Risk Factor for Violence among the Mentally Disordered Raymond W. Novaco 3: Impulsiveness and Aggression Ernest
The purpose of this book is to develop risk indicators for mentally disordered individuals committing acts of violence. The book is addressed to researchers in mental health law, clinicians who face questions of violence risk, and to lawyers, judges and mental health professionals who have to deal with violence risk issues in specific cases and more generally in public policy. The authors categorise risk factors for violence into four domains: dispositional, clinical, historical and contextual factors. The book is structured into parts dealing with these domains. It concludes with an example of how these risk factors can be integrated into a risk assessment research methodology.
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MENTAL ILLNESS
MENTAL HEALTH
OFFENDERS
VIOLENCE
PREVENTION
Preface List of Contributors 1: Toward a Rejuvenation of Risk Assessment Research John Monahan, Henry J. Steadman. 2: Anger as a Risk Factor for Violence among the Mentally Disordered Raymond W. Novaco 3: Impulsiveness and Aggression Ernest
The purpose of this book is to develop risk indicators for mentally disordered individuals committing acts of violence. The book is addressed to researchers in mental health law, clinicians who face questions of violence risk, and to lawyers, judges and mental health professionals who have to deal with violence risk issues in specific cases and more generally in public policy. The authors categorise risk factors for violence into four domains: dispositional, clinical, historical and contextual factors. The book is structured into parts dealing with these domains. It concludes with an example of how these risk factors can be integrated into a risk assessment research methodology.
us
0226534065
MENTAL ILLNESS
MENTAL HEALTH
OFFENDERS
VIOLENCE
PREVENTION