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Assessment of violence and homicide
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This chapter identifies the following types of assessment task: assessment for prediction, assessment for understanding and formulation of the individual case, and assessment relating to treatment. It considers assessment in relation to a specific form of violence-homicide. Killing of an intimate partner because of sexual jealousy, killing a biological child due to temporary psychosis, homicide in the course of another crime, racially motivated homicide, and the more unusual cases of serial murder, mass homicide, terrorism, and homicide among children are likely to be very different. The uncertainty and complexity of the definition of violence has important implications for everything that clinical and forensic practitioners do. Making judgments of risk is an inexact and even speculative exercise, so practitioners need a clear rationale and structure underpinning their approach to risk assessment. A good risk assessment maximizes professional accountability, improving the transparency and consistency of decisions.
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2012
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Violence, Homicide
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Sheldon, K. L. & Howells, K. (2012). Assessment of violence and homicide. In: Browne, K. D., Beech, A. R., Craig, L. A. & Chou, S. (eds.) Assessments in forensic practice: A handbook. Chichester: Wiley, pp. 28-51.
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Available in the Library: https://nottshc.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=58250