Violent offenders : appraising and managing risk
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Violent offenders : appraising and managing risk
（The law and public policy）
American Psychological Association, c1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-337) and indexes
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Description
How do we decide who should be released from prison, when, and under what circumstances? Arriving at a sound and reliable judgement on the basis of offender's past actions is difficult and the scientific literature argues that neither treatment nor supervision has demonstrable effects of recidivism. The authors of this book argue that community risk management can be improved by combining what is already known in three areas of inquiry: the prediction of violence; the study of clinical decision-making and clinical judgement; and the literature on treatment outcome and programme evaluation. On the basis of the literature and of their own research on mentally disordered offenders, sex offenders, foresetters, and psychopaths, the authors argue that an actuarial method of prediction is considerably superior to its alternatives.
Table of Contents
- Federal Abortion Policy and Politics: 1973-1996
- Why is Abortion Such a Controversial issue in the United States
- Barriers to Access to Abortion Services
- The Impact of Anti-abortion Activities on Women Seeking Abortions
- Black Women and the Question of Abortion
- Latinos and Abortion
- Abortion and Asian Pacific Islander Americans
- The Acceptability of Medical Abortion to Women
- Understanding the Relationship of Violence Against Women to Unwanted Pregnancy and it's Resolution
- Testing a Model of the Psychological Consequences of Abortion
- Men and Abortion: The Gender Politics of Pregnancy Resolution
- Abortion Among Adolescents
- A Cognitive Approach to Patient-Centered Abortion Care
- Abortion Issues in Psychotherapy
- Bringing Lessons Learned to the United States
- Improving Access to Abortion Services
- Abortion Practice, Policy, and Research: Recommendations for the 21st Century
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