title: Taking chances: risk assessment and management in a risk obsessed society.
abstract: Two earlier contributions to this journal on the topic of 'dangerous behaviour' are updated in the light of recent theoretical and practical developments in the assessment and management of risk in criminal justice and psychiatry. Such assessment and management need to be viewed against the background of current over-preoccupation with avoiding the hazards of daily living.
authors.affiliation: Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU.
authors.forename: Herschel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prins
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012924:Social Conditions