Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence

by Edward P. Mulvey, John Monahan, Paul S. Appelbaum, et al.

Book Overview

The presumed link between mental disorder and violence has been the driving force behind mental health law and policy for centuries. Legislatures, courts, and the public have come to expect that mental health professionals will protect them from violent acts by persons with mental disorders. Yet for three decades research has shown that clinicians' unaided assessments of "dangerousness" are barely better than chance. Rethinking Risk Assessment: The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195138821
• ISBN13: 9780195138825
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.4"