Some Refinements in the Measurement and Prediction of Dangerous Behavior

• NCJ Number: 81804
• Journal: American Journal of Psychiatry Volume: 131 Issue: 9 Dated: (September 1974) Pages: 1012-1014
• Author(s): J J Cocozza; H J Steadman
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 3 pages
• Grant Number(s): MH-17431; MH-20367
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Recent analyses of data on the Baxstrom patients resulted in some refinements in the authors' measurement of dangerous behavior and the finding that two factors, particularly in combination, were highly related to subsequent arrest and dangerous behavior.

Abstract

The authors discuss the implications of this finding for the prediction of dangerous behavior and the need for additional research. (Publisher abstract)