Journal article
Prediction Versus Management Models Relevant to Risk Assessment: The Importance of Legal Decision-Making Context
Law and human behavior, v 21(4), pp 347-359
Aug 1997
PMID: 9335193
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Abstract
Most of the theoretical and empirical literature on violence risk to date has focused on the task of predicting who will behave violently. In the present article, it is argued that at least two models of risk assessment may be applied to the varying legal decisions in which violence risk is a consideration: prediction (with an emphasis on overall accuracy) and management (with an emphasis on risk reduction). These two models are described, and discussed in the contexts of the literatures on forensic assessment and therapeutic jurisprudence. The implications for research, policy, and practice are considered.
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- Title
- Prediction Versus Management Models Relevant to Risk Assessment: The Importance of Legal Decision-Making Context
- Creators
- Heilbrun Kirk - Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
- Contributors
- Richard L Wiener (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Law and human behavior, v 21(4), pp 347-359
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1997YA28100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0030955222
- Other Identifier
- 991019168388604721
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