Violent Offenders: Appraising and Managing Risk - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1557984956 ISBN 13 : 9781557984951

Editeur : American Psychological Association, 1998

Synopsis

How do we decide who should be released from prison, when, and under what circumstances? Arriving at a sound and reliable judgement on the basis of offender's past actions is difficult and the scientific literature argues that neither treatment nor supervision has demonstrable effects of recidivism. The authors of this book argue that community risk management can be improved by combining what is already known in three areas of inquiry: the prediction of violence; the study of clinical decision-making and clinical judgement; and the literature on treatment outcome and programme evaluation. On the basis of the literature and of their own research on mentally disordered offenders, sex offenders, foresetters, and psychopaths, the authors argue that an actuarial method of prediction is considerably superior to its alternatives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: American Psychological Association
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1557984956
• ISBN 13: 9781557984951
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Quinsey Vernon L., Etc., Harris Grant Thomas, Rice Marnie Elizabeth, Cormier Catherine A.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible