Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Assessment. 2010 Sep;17(3):377-95. doi: 10.1177/1073191109359587. Epub 2010 Feb 2.
This study surveyed 199 forensic clinicians about the practices that they use in assessing violence risk in juvenile and adult offenders. Results indicated that the use of risk assessment and psychopathy tools was common. Although clinicians reported more routine use of psychopathy measures in adult risk assessments compared with juvenile risks assessments, 79% of clinicians reported using psychopathy measures at least once in a while in juvenile risk assessments. Extremely few clinicians, however, believe that juveniles should be labeled or referred to as psychopaths. Juvenile risk reports were more likely than adult reports to routinely discuss treatment and protective factors, and provide recommendations to reevaluate risk. The implications of these findings are discussed.
本研究调查了 199 名法医临床医生，了解他们在评估青少年和成年罪犯暴力风险时使用的实践方法。结果表明，风险评估和精神病学工具的使用较为常见。尽管与青少年风险评估相比，临床医生报告在成人风险评估中更经常使用精神病学措施，但 79%的临床医生报告在青少年风险评估中偶尔使用精神病学措施。然而，极少数临床医生认为青少年应该被贴上或被视为精神病患者。青少年风险报告比成人报告更有可能定期讨论治疗和保护因素，并提供重新评估风险的建议。讨论了这些发现的意义。
