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Risk Assessment
This compact reference makes the case for a middle ground between clinical and actuarial methods in predicting future violence, domestic violence, and sexual offending. It critiques widely used measures such as the PCL-R, VRAG, SORAG, and Static-99 in terms of clarity of scoring, need for clinical ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Retrying Leopold and Loeb: A Neuropsychological Perspective (SpringerBriefs in Psychology)
This book retrospectively analyzes the notorious 1924 case of Leopold and Loeb, in which two college students murder a young boy just to prove they could do it. In the almost hundred years since that trial, the field of neuroscience along with neuropsychology have expanded tremendously, and there ar... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Best Practices for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System (SpringerBriefs in Psychology)
This timely brief resource introduces a new evidence-based model for treatment of mentally ill individuals in jails, with emphasis on community-based options. Forensic mental health experts review police alternatives to arresting mentally ill persons in confrontations, the efficacy of problem-solvi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Lyme Disease: An Evidence-based Approach
by Robert Smith • Paul G Auwaerter • Phillip J. Baker • Alan G Barbour • Dag Berildda • Raymond J Dattwyler • Rick Dersch • David M Dudzinski • Randi Eikeland • Afton L. Hassett • Linden Hu • Adriana Marques • Paul S Mead • Robert B Nadelman • Erlend Roaldsnes • Jonathan R Salik • Eugene D Shapiro • Lenard Sigal • Kirk Sperber • Gerold Stanek • Franc Strle • Klemen Strle • Gary WormserThis new edition of Lyme Disease provides up-to-date evidence-based research and covers the significant advances in our understanding of the disorders referred to as Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis. This book explores the causative organism, its requisite ecosystem, disease epidemiology, host-Borre... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018