title: The Canadian contribution to violence risk assessment: history and implications for current psychiatric practice.
abstract: Over the past quarter-century, Canadian researchers, clinical practitioners, and policy specialists have made several notable contributions to the broad field of violence risk assessment and management. In part, these contributions have been fostered by major changes in law over this period; in part, they have been spurred by findings from large-scale Canadian prediction--outcome studies. This paper offers references for a range of Canadian-inspired assessment schemes designed to evaluate psychopathy and potential for violence against others.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. hy.bloom@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Hy
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bloom
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hucker
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: De Freitas
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008605:Mental Health Services; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012307:Risk Factors; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*