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Criminology
Violent
Offenders: Appraising and Managing the Risk
By Vernon L. Quinsey, Grant T. Harris, Marine E. Rice, Catherine A. Cormier
Violent Offenders Appraising and Managing the Risk reports on a program of research that
began 25 years ago at a maximum security psychiatric hospital. The institution, the Oak
Ridge Division of the Mental Health Care Centre in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada is
probably the most studied maximum security psychiatric facility in the world. |
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The authors believe that the results of this program of research present a unique
opportunity to draw some conclusions about the prediction of violent behavior and the
management of violent offenders that apply in a wide variety of contexts.The primary focus
of the book is on criminal violence of both mentally disordered and criminal inmates,
whose histories of criminal violence raise serious societal concerns about the commission
of future acts of violence. It is difficult for legal experts, psychologists, and policy
makers to make decisions between an offender civil liberties and community safety. Such a
balance requires an accurate assessment of the likelihood that an individual offender will
commit a new violent or sexual offense. On the basis of their research on mentally
disordered offenders, sex offenders, fire setters, and psychopathic offenders, the authors
have developed an actuarial assessment instrument, the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide,
which is currently the most accurate risk appraisal instrument available. The authors
argue that risk management can be improved by combining what is already known about
predicting violence, clinical decision making, and program evaluation. They conclude that
the results of their applied research have implications four our understanding of the
etiology of violent criminal behavior. (1998)
ORDER CODE : APA4316068B
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