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Detention of potentially dangerous people.
- Source :
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Lancet . 11/21/1998, Vol. 352 Issue 9141, p1641-1641. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Discusses how a person with an untreatable mental disorder who is a potential danger to the public should be supervised in Great Britain. The importance of risk assessment in the selection of people for compulsory treatment; The false-positive rate of prediction of violence compared to the true-positive rate; The need of a controlled study before reforms are introduced.
- Subjects :
- *CRIMINALS with mental illness
*RISK assessment
*VIOLENCE
*PHYSIOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01406736
- Volume :
- 352
- Issue :
- 9141
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Lancet
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 1318191
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(98)00068-3