Exam 14: Section 2: Workplace Law: Harassment, Discrimination, and Fairness

Because clinicians were not aware of how often offenders reoffend, which is called the _____, clinicians' predictions would _____ the likelihood of violent behavior.

According to the text, rates of antisocial personality disorder in the general population are _____, whereas the incidence of antisocial personality disorder in prison inmates is _____.

The length of civil confinement is:

Scholars argue that it may be more productive to focus on _____ rather than on predicting _____.

There are two aspects of the sexually violent predator civil commitment laws (SVP laws). One is the state's authority to protect the citizenry, also referred to as _____. The second component is the state's duty to protect those who cannot protect themselves, sometimes referred to as _____.

Predictive markers that change over time are referred to as:

Predictions made by psychological experts regarding future violence are uniformly _____ by the courts.

At its high point (in the 1950s), the number of people housed in mental asylums reached almost _____ individuals.

The strategy whereby psychologists predict future violence that does not entail specific rules of how to collect information is called:

Community notification requiring states to make personal and private information about known sex offenders available to the public is a result of the enactment of:

Placing someone in a psychiatric facility against his or her will is known as:

Cathy is incarcerated because she has a history of physical and mental abuse of her stepchildren. She has been held in custody for an extended period because she has the possibility of becoming violent, which is also known as:

When evaluating risk assessment evidence, it has been found that jurors and judges may find _____ more appealing.