PREDICTING DANGEROUSNESS (FROM RAGE, HATE, ASSAULT AND OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE, 1976, BY D J MADDEN AND J R LION - SEE NCJ-38825)

• NCJ Number: 38827
• Author(s): H J STEADMAN
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: Spectrum Publications, Inc; Halsted Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

OVERVIEW OF THE CONCEPT OF DANGEROUSNESS AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS TO AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE, EMPHASIZING ESTIMATION OF DANGEROUSNESS AS A CONSIDERATION IN DRAFTING LEGISLATION FOR SOCIETY'S PROTECTION.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS HOW THE CONCEPTS OF AGGRESSION, VIOLENCE, AND DANGEROUSNESS ARE LINKED AND THE STATUTORY USES OF DANGEROUSNESS ARE SURVEYED. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE IS EXAMINED AS A MEANS OF EVALUATING PREDICTIONS OF DANGEROUSNESS AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO MAKING THESE PREDICTIONS ARE DESCRIBED. FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN THE AREA OF DANGEROUSNESS, TWO IN PROGRESS AND ONE SUGGESTED, ARE ALSO DISCUSSED....EB