Clinical assessment of dangerousness empirical contributions
When people are victimised by violent crime, the general public assumes that the victim could have been spared if the perpetrator had been identified as potentially dangerous by mental health agents. Yet prediction of dangerousness is an inexact science and depends upon many complex factors. This bo...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2001.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797967206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Prologue; INTRODUCTION 1. Clinical Assessment of Dangerousness: An Overview of the Literature; 2. Biology, Development, and Dangerousness; 3. The Development of Physical Aggression During Childhood and the Prediction of Later Dangerousness; 4. Predicting Adult Official and Self-Reported Violence; 5. Major Mental Disorder and Violence: Epidemiology and Risk Assessment; 6. Axis II Disorders and Dangerousness; 7. Recidivistic Violent Behavior and Axis I and Axis II Disorders; 8. Risk Assessment for Intimate Partner Homicide
- 9. Parents at Risk of Filicide10. Parricide; 11. Alcohol and Dangerousness; 12. Violence and Substance Abuse; 13. Threats, Stalking, and Criminal Harassment; 14. Discussion and Clinical Commentary on Issues in the Assessment and Prediction of Dangerousness; Index
