PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Inter-Rater Reliability, Construct Validity, Risk Assessment
11 Dec 2016
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R i sk a sse s smen t. Sentencing (especially d. o. hearings), classification, treatment needs, treatment intensity, parole decisions, level of super(cid:448)isio(cid:374), (cid:374)otifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s, release (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)s . Risk prediction assess the risk that people will commit violence in the future. Risk management develop effective intervention strategies to manage that risk. Risk factors a variable that is related to recidivism. Fixed and unchanging: most convenient, most frequently used, can be reliably measured and are very predictive, examples; demographic variables, history of criminal behavior, history of mental disorder. Dynamic risk factors: change with time. Less frequently used: but: sensitive to change. With intervention, can change level of risk: examples, 2 main types; stable dynamic (persistent and change slowly if at all ex; being introverted), acute dynamic (rapidly fluctuating, ex; mood) (cid:862)big 4(cid:863) ri k factor . These variables are commonly mistaken for risk factors. Low ses: personal distress/psychopathology, also includes low self-esteem or depression. Fear of punishment: verbal intelligence, remorse/empathy, offence severity.
