Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment (International Perspectives on Forensic Mental Health)

by Randy K. Otto (Editor), Kevin S. Douglas (Editor)

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Paperback
2019
$65.59

Forensic psychologists, mental health professionals, and legal professionals working with violent offenders turn to the Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment as the primary reference for the field. With the considerable changes in the field, the second edition will include new and revised instruments that enable forensic psychologists to identify and predict the probable behavior of sex predators and violent offenders. New chapters have been added to cover legal issues, numeric measures, brief and emerging measures along with five chapters on recently released tests.

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Forensic psychologists, mental health professionals, and legal professionals working with violent offenders turn to the Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment as the primary reference for the field. With the considerable changes in the field, the second edition will include new and revised instruments that enable forensic psychologists to identify and predict the probable behavior of sex predators and violent offenders. New chapters have been added to cover legal issues, numeric measures, brief and emerging measures along with five chapters on recently released tests.

$65.59

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 494
Edition: 2
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 25 Aug 2019
ISBN 10: 1138698695
ISBN 13: 9781138698697

Author Bio

Kevin Douglas is a Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University and the author of the most widely used instrument of violence risk assessment. Currently, he is President of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services. Randy Otto is Associate Professor of Mental Health Law and Policy at the University of South Florida. A past President of AP-LS he is a widely published author of forensic assessment in civil and criminal law.