Citation

Heilbrun K, Bennett WS, Evans JH, Offutt RA, Reiff HJ, White AJ. Behav. Sci. Law 1988; 6(4): 479-486.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/bsl.2370060405

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The assessment of treatability in mentally disordered offenders has rarely been addressed through empirical research, despite its frequent use in clinical and legal decision-making. We describe four necessary steps for establishing the requisite research base for treatability evaluations: (a) criterion specification, (b) the development of reliable measures, (c) the validation of these measures with treatment outcome data, and (d) the incorporation of environmental and base rate information.

Language: en