The precarious practice of forensic psychiatric risk assessments

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Nilsson, Thomas,1954Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för psykiatri och neurokemi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (author)

The precarious practice of forensic psychiatric risk assessments

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.09.010DOI
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1532325URI

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The development of forensic psychiatric risk assessments is discussed from a clinical point of view using the example of Sweden. A central task in forensic psychiatry has traditionally been to identify dangerous, mentally disordered subjects considered to be prone to commit violent acts. Over time, “dangerousness” has been reworded into “risk”. Nevertheless, such assessments have generally been based on the psychiatric factors characterising the individual patient, while group interaction, situational factors, or social and cultural circumstances, such as the availability of alcohol and drugs, have been largely overlooked. That risk assessments have a focused on people with a diagnosis of “mental disorder” and been used as grounds for coercive measures and integrity violations has somehow been accepted as a matter of course in the public and political debate. Even the basic question whether offenders with a mental disorder are really more prone to criminal recidivism than other offenders seems to have been treated light-handedly and dealt with merely by epidemiological comparisons between groups of persons with broad ranges of psychosocial vulnerability and the general population. Legal texts, instructions and guidelines from the authorities in charge are often vague and general, while actors in the judicial system seem to put their trust in psychiatric opinions. The exchange of professional opinions, general public expectations, and judicial decision processes poses a huge risk for misunderstandings based on divergent expectations and uses of terminology.

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HUMANIORA Filosofi, etik och religion Etik hsv//swe
HUMANITIES Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Ethics hsv//eng
HUMANIORA Filosofi, etik och religion Filosofi hsv//swe
HUMANITIES Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Philosophy hsv//eng
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SOCIAL SCIENCES Other Social Sciences Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified hsv//eng
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Juridik Juridik och samhälle hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Law Law and Society hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap Rättsmedicin hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Other Medical and Health Sciences Forensic Science hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Medicinsk etik hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Medical Ethics hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Klinisk medicin Psykiatri hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Clinical Medicine Psychiatry hsv//eng
Risk assessment; Forensic psychiatry; Mentally disordered offenders; Violence; Ethical dilemmas
Mentally disordered offenders
Risk assessment
Forensic psychiatry
Ethical dilemmas
Violence

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Munthe, Christian,1962Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori,Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science(Swepub:gu)xmuntc (author)
Gustavson, ChristinaLund University,Lunds universitet,Rättspsykiatri, Malmö,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Forensic Psychiatry, Malmö,Lund University Research Groups(Swepub:lu)med-csg (author)
Forsman, Anders,1944Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för psykiatri och neurokemi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry(Swepub:gu)xfoand (author)
Anckarsäter, Henrik,1966Lund University,Lunds universitet,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för psykiatri och neurokemi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry,Rättspsykiatri, Malmö,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Forensic Psychiatry, Malmö,Lund University Research Groups(Swepub:lu)med-hka (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för psykiatri och neurokemi (creator_code:org_t)

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