Integrating base rate data in violence r
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Mark D. Cunningham; Thomas J. Reidy
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Prediction of violence in capital sentencing has been controversial. In the absence of a scientiยฎc basis for risk assessment, mental health professionals oering opinions in the capital sentencing context are prone to errors. Actuarial or group statistical data, known as base rates, have proven far s