NCJ Number
102228
Journal
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1986) Pages: 139-237
Editor(s)
V L Quinsey
Date Published
1986
Length
95 pages
Annotation
Four articles examine policy and theory in the prediction and control of criminally violent behavior.
Abstract
One article compares actuarial and clinical predictions of future violence by men in a maximum-security psychiatric institution. The study indicates that actuarial prediction models perform better than clinical models. The study also suggests that institutional violence and community violence are different phenomena. Another study prospectively examines assault frequency in one unit of a maximum-security psychiatric unit over 10 years. Findings indicate that institutional violence correlates with certain types of persons and occurs regularly in particular areas of the institution in certain social situations. The third study examines patient-staff interactions that result in staff injury. Study results have important implications for staff training and the interventions staff use in dealing with violent or potentially violent patients. The fourth study, which analyzes violence patterns in the Canadian penitentiary system, shows that inmate violence tends to occur in certain custody settings, is perpetrated most often by certain types of inmates, and is exacerbated by certain correctional practices. For the latter study, see NCJ 102229.