PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Metal Detector, Illusory Correlation, Medical History
19 Mar 2017
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Unit 9 lecture risk assessment and violence prediction. Case study 1: andrew smith: born 1963, personal history: as a youth, mr. smith had minimal behavioural problems in high school. He was suspended twice for fighting on school property. He lived at home until the age of 22 when he moved into his own apartment. He married julie jones at the age of 27 and they are still married. Index offense: mr. smith has been charged and convicted of a violent sexual assault on an unnamed female. She was accosted as she was walking home from her place of employment, dragged into an alley, and brutally raped. During the rape, she was struck repeatedly by mr. smith. The assault let her in hospital critical condition for 2 weeks, and alcohol consumption (on the part of mr. smith) appears to have been a factor in the incident: prior convictions: mr. smith has only 1 prior conviction.
