@article{ref1,
title="Actuarial risk assessment models: a review of critical issues related to violence and sex-offender recidivism assessments",
journal="The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law",
year="2000",
author="Sreenivasan, S. and Kirkish, P. and Garrick, T. and Weinberger, L. E. and Phenix, A.",
volume="28",
number="4",
pages="438-448",
abstract="Risk assessment in the area of identification of violence has been dichotomized by several prominent researchers as the &quot;clinical approach&quot; versus the &quot;actuarial method&quot;. The proponents of the actuarial approach argue for actuarially derived decisions to replace existing clinical practice. The actuarial method requires no clinical input, just a translation of the relevant material from the records to calculate the risk score. A risk appraisal approach based upon a sole actuarial method raises several questions: those of public safety, peer-accepted standards of practice, liability issues, and concordance with evidence-based medicine practice. We conclude that the sole actuarial approach fails to satisfy these critical issues.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1093-6793",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}