Search for dissertations about: "forensic risk assessment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words forensic risk assessment.

  2. 1. Risk and prediction of violent crime in forensic psychiatry

    Author : Christina Gustavson; Malmö Rättspsykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; violence; forensic risk assessment; risk factors; recidivism;

    Abstract : Objective: To test the predictive accuracy for violent recidivism of the age at onset of substance abuse, the platelet MAO-B activity, and various combinations of criminological and clinical risk factors among violent offenders in a prospective Swedish follow-up study. Subjects: One hundred violent offenders, consecutively admitted for forensic psychiatric investigations between 1998 and 2001 (baseline). READ MORE

  4. 2. Risk Assessments in Forensic Psychiatry: Consequences and Experiences for Patients and Nurses

    Author : Marielle Nyman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Forensic psychiatry; Risk assessment; Qualitative content analysis; Patients experience; Care participation;

    Abstract : In forensic psychiatry, risk assessment of future violence poses a great challenge to mental health care professionals. Forensic psychiatric patients are particularly vulnerable due to their complex mental health needs in combination with criminal behavior. READ MORE

  5. 3. Violence risk assessment in male and female mentally disordered offenders : differences and similarities

    Author : Susanne Strand; Henrik Belfrage; Kirsten Rasmussen; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Risk assessment; HCR-20; psychopathy; PCL:SV; female offenders; mentally disordered offenders; antisocial behavior; violent recidivism; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : When assessing the risk of violence, increasing interest has been shown in bringing science and practice closer together. Moving from clinical intuition in the first generation of risk assessment via actuarial scales in the second generation to the structured professional judgments where risk assessments are today produces better, more valid results when assessing the risk of violence. READ MORE

  6. 4. On lifetime violent criminality in a Swedish forensic psychiatric cohort

    Author : Hedvig Krona; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; forensic psychiatry; violent crime; lifetime criminality; mental disorders; crime prediction; Risk Assessment; SPECT-MRI- optical imaging;

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  7. 5. Measures in forensic psychiatry : risk monitoring and structured outcome assessment

    Author : Knut Sturidsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Forensic psychiatry; violence risk; recidivism; risk management; risk monitoring; risk assessment; time use; and quality register;

    Abstract : Background: Violent offenders suffering from a major mental disorder (MMD) are sometimes publicly portrayed as particularly dangerous. In reality however, only a small fraction of those inflicted with a MMD do commit any violent offence. READ MORE