Journal article
THE MACARTHUR RISK ASSESSMENT STUDY: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE, RESEARCH, AND POLICY
Marquette Law Review, Vol.82, pp.733-901
01 Jul 1999
Abstract
I. Introduction The accurate assessment of the risk of violence by individuals with mental disorders is important for a number of reasons: public safety, better informed legal decision-making, the provision of appropriate interventions for those who are at risk, and respect for the liberty interests of those who are not are among the prominent considerations in this area. There have been very significant theoretical and empirical advances in this area during the last decade. Among the most important have been those contributed by the MacArthur Research Network on Mental Health and the Law. This group has been responsible for designing and implementing the most important study ever conducted in this area. 1 The MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study (hereinafter the Study) 2 is the focus of the present Article, which has three purposes. First, the area of "risk assessment" will be described in its historical context to give the reader a sense of the available theoretical and empirical context in which the study can be judged. Second, the Study will be described and discussed. Finally, the implications of the Study will be described. This discussion of implications will include issues to which the Study is directly applicable, such as civil commitment, therapists' duty to protect others from potential violence by patients, the design and implementation of interventions to reduce violence risk, and other decision-making involving the risk of violence by mentally disordered individuals. However, there are additional issues for which the Study has implications, although less directly. ...
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- Title
- THE MACARTHUR RISK ASSESSMENT STUDY: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE, RESEARCH, AND POLICY
- Creators
- Kirk HeilbrunGretchen Witte
- Publication Details
- Marquette Law Review, Vol.82, pp.733-901
- Publisher
- Marquette Law Review Marquette Law Review
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychology
- Identifiers
- 991019203808004721