Risk assessment tools in criminal justice and forensic psychiatry: the need for better data

Violence risk assessment tools are increasingly used within criminal justice and forensic psychiatry, however there is little relevant, reliable and unbiased data regarding their predictive accuracy. We argue that such data are needed to (i) prevent excessive reliance on risk assessment scores, (ii)...

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Auteurs principaux: Fazel, S, Douglas, T, Singh, I, Savulescu, J, Pugh, J
Format: Journal article
Publié: Elsevier 2016