Violence and Mental Disorder
Developments in Risk Assessment
John Monahan editor Henry J Steadman editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
Published:9th May '96
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
In courts across the country, judges depend on mental health experts to determine whether mentally disordered people are dangerous. But experts' ability to predict violence is severely limited, and they are wrong as often as they are right. This study reviews two decades of research on mental disorder and offers new empirical and theoretical work that will pave the way for more accurate predictions of violent behavior.
"Essential for all those who are interested in the study of risk assessment of violence. It is particularly important for the researcher in this area. . . . For the clinician who must make violence assessments it is important reading as well."—Stewart Levine, Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
ISBN: 9780226534060
Dimensions: 23mm x 16mm x 2mm
Weight: 454g
334 pages