PSYCH 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Forensic Psychiatry, Psychopathy Checklist, Sex Offender
18 Nov 2013
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Baxtrom vs herold (1966) u. s. supreme court. Baxtrom committed crime close to end of sentence. Baxtrom"s rights violated hospitalized beyond prison term without dangerousness assessment. ~1,000 prisoners moved to low security hospitals. Could not be held without assessment of behaviour. 586 patients released from pennsylvania institution (dixon v. pennsylvania) 3-year return/recidivisim rate = 23. 7% (less than half) 4-year violent arrest record = 15% (much smaller than predicted) Accuracy of future risk assessment was coming under question. Trying to determine the reliability of risk assessment in forensic psychiatrists. Reliability of forensic psychiatrists compared to untrained high school teachers. 9 high school teachers and forensic psychiatrists. Evaluate recidivism risk, release, for 30 patients: Read through the material and come up with a probability risk. To what extend did the psychiatrist agree in any given case on whether or not the individual would reoffend. Inter-rater reliabilities (agreement between) was low in both cases. Inter-rater reliabilities low for both psychiatrists and teachers.
