PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Psychopathy, Mass Murder, Spree
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Rates were decreasing since 1970s: changing demographic; fewer males between 18 and 25. Males are more likely to commit homicides and be victims. Victims more likely to be killed by someone they know. Infanticide: mass murder, spree murder, serial murder. Summary of existing four generations of risk instruments. Existing generations of violence risk assessment instruments: characteristics, purposes and. Limits (nussbaum, 2010: 1st generation clinical opinion . Predictor items & general characteristics: non-actuarial, no empirical support, subjective, not scientific . Purpose: identify institutional and community risk, identify intervention targets, monitor change in risk statements. Limitations: absence of empirical, modified 1st generation structural clinical . Predictor items & general characteristics: non-actuarial, empirically supported, dynamic, clinical. Purpose(s): identify institutional and community risk, identify intervention targets, monitory change in risk statements. Limitations: absence of algorithmic formulae for risk. Historical risk clinical 20, revised (hrc-20-r; webster, douglas eaves & hart,
