The effect of framing actuarial risk probabilities on involuntary civil commitment decisions

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-91

  Scurich, Nicholas ^a   John, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial risk assessment; Civil commitment; Decision making; Framing effects; Violence risk communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79960376360     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-010-9218-4     Document Type: Article

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