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Violence and mental disorder : developments in risk assessment Monahan, John; Steadman, Henry J.; (eds.)

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Chicago University of Chicago Press 1994Description: 324 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0226534065
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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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Book Book Vine library TRO 616.85822 VIO 1994 Available A00671444B

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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