Evaluation for Risk of Violence in Adults

Download or read book Evaluation for Risk of Violence in Adults written by Kirk Heilbrun and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book synthesizes the important developments in violence risk assessment with adults, particularly over the last two decades. Because violence risk is such a wide-ranging field, this volume focuses specifically on violence risk assessment as a process - including the steps that are indicated, the role of specialized risk assessment tools, the scientific and applied debates surrounding this area, and the integration of risk assessment into the evaluation.