Assessing Dangerousness Violence by Sexual Offenders, Batterers and Child Abusers

Name: Assessing Dangerousness Violence by Sexual Offenders, Batterers and Child Abusers
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ISBN: 9780803937475

ISBN-10: 0803937474

ISBN-13: 9780803937475

Edition: 1994

Authors: Jacquelyn C. Campbell

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Using a firm research and theoretical approach, this volume brings together experts in the fields of health, mental health, and criminal justice to predict future violence. In language accessible to clinicians, Assessing Dangerousness discusses the prediction of homicide in spouse abuse, of child abuse using the Child Abuse Potential Inventory, of further violence by sexual offenders, and of further assault by batterers. The contributors, wellknown in their areas of expertise, discuss accurate measurement using tested instruments as well as the role of clinical observations. The introductory chapter presents the theoretical and clinical issues involved in predicting violence in general, and…

Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/20/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.616



Prediction of Intentional Interpersonal Violence



An Introduction


Prediction Issues for Practitioners



Physical Child Abuse Assessment



Perpetrator Evaluation


Prediction of Wife Assault



Prediction of Homicide of and by Battered Women



Predicting Sexual Offenses