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Title International perspectives on violence risk assessment / edited by Jay P. Singh, Stål Bjørkly, Seena Fazel
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Series American Psychology-Law Society series
American Psychology-Law Society series.
Contents Cover ; Series ; International Perspectives on Violence Risk Assessment ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Series Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; About the Editors ; Contributors ; Section 1: Violence Risk Assessment: The International State of the Art
1 An Introduction to the Assessment of Violence Risk 2 Methodological Considerations in Risk Assessment Research ; 3 Adapting Risk Assessment Tools to New Jurisdictions ; 4 Implementation of Violence Risk Assessment Instruments in Mental Healthcare Settings
5 The Process and Context of Violence Risk Assessment: Toward Integrating Science into Clinical Practice 6 Violence Risk Assessment Tools: A Systematic Review of Surveys ; Section 2: The International Risk Survey: Global Findings
Summary International Perspectives on Violence Risk Assessment includes chapters by leading risk assessment scholars in more than 15 countries and explores the topic from a truly international outlook. Using findings from the seminal International Risk Survey (IRiS), the largest qualitative study in the history of the field, current assessment, management, and monitoring practices on six continents are explored
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Violence -- Forecasting.
Violence.
Violent offenders.
Violent crimes.
Risk assessment.
Violence
Risk Assessment
violence.
risk assessment.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Risk assessment
Violence
Violence -- Forecasting
Violent crimes
Violent offenders
Form Electronic book
Author Singh, Jay P., editor
Bjørkly, Stål, editor
Fazel, Seena, editor
LC no. 2016022581
ISBN 9780199386314
0199386315
9780199386307
0199386307
0199386293
9780199386291