VIOLENCE RISK PREDICTION

Violence Risk Prediction Clinical and Actuarial Measures and the Role of the Psychopathy Checklist

Abstract

The research paper focuses on the analysis of the article “Violence Risk Prediction Clinical and Actuarial Measures and the Role of the Psychopathy Checklist”. In this study we try to explore the concept of “Violence Risk Prediction” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “Clinical Risk Prediction” and its relation with “Actuarial Measures”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “Violence Risk Prediction” and tries to gauge its effect on “Mentally Disordered People”. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for “Psychopathy” and tries to describe the overall effect of “Violence Risk Prediction” on “People with Mental Disorder”

Table of Contents

Abstractii

Introduction1

Core Value1

General Issues in Violence Risk Prediction2

Analysis2

Conclusion3

References5

Violence Risk Prediction Clinical and Actuarial Measures and the Role of the Psychopathy Checklist

Introduction

The report focuses on the article review of “Violence risk prediction Clinical and actuarial measures and the role of the Psychopathy Checklist” (Dolan & Doyle 2000). The main theme of the article is to analyze the risk prediction on the mentally ill people. Statistical measures for assessing predictive accuracy are used as the research methodology. According to the research, violence risk prediction is actually a science that provokes the debate on this issue. Clinicians also discuss the rationale behind their decisions towards the violence risk predictions of mentally disordered people.

Core Value

The core values of this research are based on excellence, community, respect, personal development, responsible stewardship, and integrity. The key component of this research is based on the violence risk assessment and management (Monahan et al 2000). It has been observed that adequacy and accuracy became a major risk factor for all the incidents that are involved among mentally disordered people. Dangerous severe personality disorder is highlighted b y the government, in UK. According to the government the risk protection among these cases are becoming higher in the agenda of British political parties as well as among public.

General Issues in Violence Risk Prediction

General issues in violence risk prediction are discussed in the research. The main issue that this article highlighted is unaided clinical judgment in heterogeneous, populations using relatively static actuarial predictors (Binder & McNeil 2000). According to the debate on merits of clinical vs. actuarial approach become divergent in UK. Actuarial method improves the consistency of risk assessment by allowing the assessors to take decisions on data that ...