Psychology 2032A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Endangerment, Personality Disorder, Impulsivity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

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Civil setting: civil commitment: individual hospitalized involuntarily if they have a mental illness and poses a danger to themselves or others. Long-term offenders pose a substantial risk for violent reoffending and therefore risk assessment is a core component of this legislation. Base rate problem: base rate: percentage of people within a given population who commit a criminal or violent act, difficult to make accurate predictions when base rates are too high or too low. Dixon: false positive rate was very high (86%;85%, clinical expertise in assessing risk may be similar to (cid:862)flippi(cid:374)g a (cid:272)oi(cid:374)(cid:863) some say it should be barred from courtroom or even eliminated all together. In a dangerous offender case, psychiatric evidence is relevant to the issue whether a person is likely to behave in a certain way (r v. Ability to make judgements based on the info available: representative: a strategy to make predictions based on experience.