Violence Risk Assessment in Male and Female Mentally Disordered Offenders -differences and Similarities
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.............................................................................................. IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................... VI LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ........................................................................ X ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................... XI BACKGROUND ......................................................................................... 1 VIOLENCE RISK ASSESSMENT .................................................................... 1 PSYCHOPATHY .......................................................................................... 14 AIMS OF THE PRESENT STUDY ........................................................ 24 MATERIAL AND METHODS .............................................................. 25 DEFINITION OF VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE RISK ASSESSMENT ................ 25 AIMS AND DESIGN .................................................................................... 25 METHODS .................................................................................................. 26 PROCEDURE .............................................................................................. 28 STUDY POPULATION ................................................................................. 29 STATISTICS ................................................................................................ 34 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS ....................................................................... 37 LIMITATIONS ............................................................................................. 38 RESULTS ................................................................................................... 39 RISK ASSESSMENT, HCR-20 ..................................................................... 39 PSYCHOPATHY, PCL:SV ........................................................................... 41 INTER RATER RELIABILITY ........................................................................ 44 DISCUSSION ........................................................................................... 45 ASSESSING RISK OF VIOLENCE WITH THE HCR-20 ................................... 46 DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IN MALE AND FEMALE OFFENDERS ...... 48 CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................... 59 IMPLICATIONS FOR VIOLENCE RISK ASSESSMENT ............... 60 IMPLICATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH.................................. 60 SVENSK SAMMANFATTNING – SWEDISH SUMMARY ........... 62 REFERENCES............................................................................................ 64
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