Construction and Validation of Risk Assessments in a Six-Year Follow-Up of Forensic Patients: A Tridimensional Analysis.

Menzies, Robert; Webster, Christopher D.

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ERIC Number: EJ517478

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Publication Date: 1995

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Construction and Validation of Risk Assessments in a Six-Year Follow-Up of Forensic Patients: A Tridimensional Analysis.

Menzies, Robert; Webster, Christopher D.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v63 n5 p766-78 Oct 1995

Evaluations of the risk of recurrent violence were conducted for 162 Canadian mentally disordered criminal defendants through the assembly of actuarial data, scores from special-to-purpose psychometric instruments, and scaled global predictions of dangerousness to others. Professional clinicians were not more accurate than nonclinical raters. (JPS)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Criminals, Criteria, Followup Studies, Higher Education, Mental Disorders, Predictive Validity, Recidivism, Risk, Violence

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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