Conroy, Mary Alice,  1945- <br/><br/>
Forensic assessment of violence risk :  a guide for risk assessment and risk management / 
Mary Alice Conroy & Daniel C. Murrie. 
 - Hoboken, N.J. :  John Wiley & Sons,  c2007. 
 - xi, 370 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-352) and index. 
<br/><br/>Historical overview of risk assessment -- Introducing a broad model for risk assessment -- Risk of what? Defining the referral question -- What do we know overall? Consider normative data and population base rates -- What do we know about individuals like this one? Empirically supported risk and protective factors -- What do we know about this individual? Idiographic factors and the need for individualized assessment -- What can we say about the results of a risk assessment? Risk communication -- From risk assessment to risk management -- Risk assessment of patients with serious mental illness -- Risk assessment with sexual offenders -- Risk assessment with juvenile offenders -- Risk assessment of death penalty defendants. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470049334 (cloth) 0470049332 (cloth) 0470049332 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007011148 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Violence--psychology<br/>Risk Assessment--methods<br/>Risk Management--methods<br/>Forensic Psychiatry--methods
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC569.5.V55  / C665 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.85/82 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>W 860  / C754f 2007