PSYC 3310 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Forces, Homophobia, Inter-Rater Reliability
11 Dec 2015
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Topic 11: clinical psychology in court (2): psychopathy and intimate partner violence: Chapter 10: predicting violent behaviour: the psychology of risk assessment. As a practical matter, parole boards, prison release r. b. , and forensic r. b. must decide if an inmate or defendant is likely to commit future acts of violence if allowed back into the community. Risk assessment tools may be used to help render a conclusion on how likely the offender is to reoffend if he or she is sentenced to a community probation order (versus a period of incarceration). The assessment must also examine the types of treatment or probation conditions that should be put in place to help manage those risk levels. Preventative detention is ethically problematic as these people also have rights. The challenge is to achieve an optimal balance between the need to protect society and the need to protect the rights of a possibly dangerous individual.
