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Predicting Violence in Mentally and Personality Disordered Individuals

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Part of the book series: Perspectives in Law & Psychology ((PILP,volume 10))

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An inmate who has spent the last five years incarcerated for aggravated sexual assault comes before a parole board asking to be considered for release. A person suffering from schizophrenia murdered his parents and was found not guilty by reason of insanity and now, some years later, stands before a release review board. A 14-year-old girl allegedly has attacked a classmate with a knife and a prosecutor now petitions to raise her to adult court. A police officer escorts a young man acting in a threatening manner to a psychiatric emergency service. In each of these instances an important decision must be made that pits the right of the individual not to be arbitrarily detained or punished against the rights of members of society to be safe from potentially violent persons.

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