"Predicting future violence among criminal offenders is notoriously difficult. In the previous editions of this popular book, the authors argued that community risk management is best done with actuarial assessment. Combining what is known about violence prediction, clinical decision making, an...

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1. Verfasser:	Harris, Grant T. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Washington, D.C. American Psychological Association 2015
Ausgabe:	3rd ed
Schriftenreihe:	Law and public policy: psychology and the social sciences Law and public policy
Schlagworte:	Prisoners / psychology Paraphilias Mentally ill prisoners / United States Sex offenders / United States Violent offenders / United States Gewalttätigkeit Strafgefangener
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Zusammenfassung:	"Predicting future violence among criminal offenders is notoriously difficult. In the previous editions of this popular book, the authors argued that community risk management is best done with actuarial assessment. Combining what is known about violence prediction, clinical decision making, and the literature on treatment outcome and program evaluation, they introduced and chronicled the development of their landmark assessment instruments, the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG), and Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide (SORAG). These have become go-to resources for forensic psychologists in the trenches today. In this new and fully updated text, the authors review the major changes in the risk assessment field, which include a much larger and richer empirical literature, a focus on dynamic risk management among supervised offenders, and commentaries on the use and effectiveness of expert clinical judgment in determining risk. Perhaps most importantly, they also introduce the VRAG-R, a new actuarial tool that is easier to score than the VRAG and the SORAG while delivering equally accurate results. Written with the authors' usual clarity and keen insight, this book is a must-read for legal professionals and forensic psychologists, policymakers, and all those working with offender populations who hope to eliminate recidivism"--Publicity materials. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved)
Beschreibung:	xvi, 470 p.
ISBN:	9781433819025 1433819023