Dangerousness Predictions and the Maligned Forensic Professional
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Criminal Justice and Behavior
- Vol. 9 (1) , 3-12
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854882009001001
Abstract
Accuracy of dangerousness predictions are typically assessed by subsequent violence related arrests and/or hospitalizations, yet evidence suggests the sole use of these measures excludes all but a small fraction of actual subject violence. As a result, forensic professionals are perceived as poor predictors of violence, perhaps wrongly. Expansion of criterion measures of violence is suggested, and methods for detecting subject distortion of past violence are proffered. Utilization of fake-good/fake-bad assessment methods for uncovering dishonest interview behavior, and concealment of past violence in particular, seems warranted.Keywords
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