Clinical Assessment of Dangerousness
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-12700-4 (ISBN)
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 book provides a thorough and clear description of research findings in order to help clinicians make sound decisions concerning their clients' dangerousness. The book covers a broad spectrum of violent behaviour as well as crucial issues such as biological factors, domestic violence, and the influence of alcohol in violent behaviour. The book is divided into the following sections: Basic Issues in Violence Research, Mental Health Issues and Dangerousness, Family Issues and Dangerousness, Individual Characteristics and Dangerousness. It will serve as an important reference book that not only covers scientific literature but provides views on future directions for research and practice in this valuable field.
Contributors; Prologue Paul S. Appelbaum; Part I. Introduction: 1. Clinical assessment of dangerousness: an overview of the literature Linda Pagani and Georges-F. Pinard; Part II. Basic Issues in Violence Research: 2. Biology, development, and dangerousness Elizabeth J. Susman and Jordan W. Finkelstein; 3. The development of physical aggression during childhood and the prediction of later dangerousness Richard E. Tremblay; 4. Predicting adult official and self-reported violence David P. Farrington; Part III. Mental Health Issues and Dangerousness: 5. Major mental disorder and violence: epidemiology and risk assessment John Monahan; 6. Axis II disorders and dangerousness Kenneth Tardiff; 7. Recidivistic violent behaviour and axis I and II disorders Jari Tiihonen; Part IV. Family Issues and Dangerousness: 8. Risk assessment for intimate partner homicide Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Phyllis Sharps and Nancy Glass; 9. Parents at risk of filicide Maureen Marks; 10. Parricide Charles P. Ewing; Part V. Individual Characteristics and Dangerousness: 11. Alcohol and dangerousness Joan McCord; 12. Violence and substance abuse Philip Bean; 13. Threats, stalking and criminal harassment J. Reid Meloy; Part VI. Conclusion: 14. Discussion and clinical commentary on issues in the assessment and prediction of dangerousness Georges-F. Pinard and Linda Pagani; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.12.2009 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 450 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-12700-9 / 0521127009 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-12700-4 / 9780521127004 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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