Citation

Litwack TR. Adm. Policy Ment. Health 1994; 21(5): 361-377.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

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Abstract

This article explores recent groundbreaking court decisions regarding permissible preventive detentions that are based on assessments of dangerousness. It is concluded that courts are increasingly receptive to upholding such preventive actions, and that the research to date has left unresolved important questions regarding the validity of these assessments. Basic principles of risk assessment are also presented and discussed. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 1994. Copyright © 1994 by Springer)

Violence Prediction
Dangerousness
Legislation
Violence Research
11-99