Probability, danger, and coercion: A study of risk perception and decision making in mental health law.

作者: Paul Slovic , John Monahan

DOI: 10.1007/BF01499072

关键词: Risk perceptionLegal psychologyInvoluntary treatmentHarmForensic psychologyMental health lawSocial psychologyYoung adultRisk assessmentPsychology

摘要: Young adults were shown hypothetical stimulus vignettes describing mental patients and asked to judge (a) the probability that patient would harm someone else, (b) whether or not should be categorized as “dangerous,” (c) coercion used ensure treatment. Probability dangerousness judgments systematically related predictive of judged necessity for coercion. However, was strongly dependent on form response scale, suggesting represented consistently quantitatively in participants' minds. Study 2 replicated these findings with forensic clinicians participants. These results underscore importance violence others health law have important implications manner which risk assessments are formulated use by legal system.

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