Risk assessment in forensic practice
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Risk assessment in forensic practice
（New frontiers in forensic psychology）
Routledge, 2023
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-196) and index
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Description
Outlines current practice in an accessible and clear format and discusses major critiques as well as the ways in which current practice might be developed to improve public protection
Rejects the idea that clinical assessments of risk are generally ineffective and stresses the role of environmental context
Offers insight into the ways in which current practice might be improved and calls for greater analysis and methodological rigor
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Key Issues in Risk
2. The Language of Risk
3. Current Practice in Risk: Actuarial and Algorithmic Approaches
4. Current Practice in Risk: Structured Clinical Judgement Approaches
5. Critiques of Current Practice: Socio-Legal Perspectives
6. Critiques of Current Practice: Risk Analysis Perspectives
7. Critiques of Current Practice: Psychological Perspectives
8. Dealing with Risk Better: Analysis and Treatment of Risks
9. Dealing with Risk Better: Probabilistic Risk Assessment
10. Dealing with Risk Better: Changing the Environment
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