International perspectives on violence risk assessment / Jay P. Singh, Stål Bjørkly, and Seena Fazel.

9780199386314 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

English

1 online resource.

RC569.5.V55 I586 2016

616.858200112

With the world's prison population continuing to grow and the number of inpatient beds in psychiatric hospitals on the rise, establishing valid and reliable methods of identifying individuals who will commit violent acts is an important global health and public safety issue. One approach to identifying future offenders is through the use of risk assessment - unstructured and structured methods of predicting the likelihood of antisocial behaviour. Although much has been written on the performance of risk assessment in research settings, little is known about current standards of practice and relevant public policy across the globe. This book includes chapters by leading risk assessment scholars in more than 15 countries and explores the topic from a truly international outlook.

With the world's prison population continuing to grow and the number of inpatient beds in psychiatric hospitals on the rise, establishing valid and reliable methods of identifying individuals who will commit violent acts is an important global health and public safety issue. One approach to identifying future offenders is through the use of risk assessment - unstructured and structured methods of predicting the likelihood of antisocial behaviour. Although much has been written on the performance of risk assessment in research settings, little is known about current standards of practice and relevant public policy across the globe. This book includes chapters by leading risk assessment scholars in more than 15 countries and explores the topic from a truly international outlook.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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