The Impact of Confidence on the Accuracy of Structured Professional and Actuarial Violence Risk Judgments in a Sample of Forensic Psychiatric Patients

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 573-587

  Douglas, Kevin S ^a,b   Ogloff, James R P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Thomas Embling Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Confidence; Prediction; Violence; Violence risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HCR 20 VIOLENCE RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0347525794     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAHU.0000004887.50905.f7     Document Type: Review

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