%0 Journal Article
%T Violence risk assessment in persons with mental illness
%J Aggression and violent behavior
%D 2006
%A Resnick, Phillip J.
%A Scott, Charles L.
%V 11
%N 6
%P 598-611
%X Mental health clinicians are often asked to determine an individual's risk of future violence. Dangerous assessments are required in a wide variety of situations that include involuntary commitments, emergency psychiatric evaluations, seclusion and restraint release decisions, inpatient care discharges, probation/parole decisions, death penalty evaluations, domestic violence interventions, fitness for duty evaluations, and after a threat is made. This article provides an overview regarding the assessment of dangerousness in both adults and juveniles and a summary of recent research regarding the relationship of mental illness to violence.<p />
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1359-1789
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2005.12.003