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The work of Drs. Monahan and Steadman, presented here with, respectively, Dr. Appelbaum and Dr. Silver, has been widely and favourably received. Their research constitutes a benchmark for the scientific community interested in the study of risk factors of violent behaviour among the mentally ill. The results presented derive from the MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study, which, according to Borum (1996), marks a third generation of studies of dangerousness or, to use today’s terminology, the risk factors of violent behaviour. This study by Drs. Steadman and Monahan stands out for a number of reasons: the range of risk factors considered; the large number of participants—more than a thousand; the pains taken to ensure that participants were drawn from various settings; and the sources of information used to index violent behaviour—official criminal records, self-reports, collateral reports. The purpose of the presentation by Drs. Monahan and Appelbaum is to “search for clues to risk reduction,” whereas Drs. Steadman and Silver seek “to promote interest in the situational perspective.” The ultimate goal of both presentations is to identify factors that can be modified by interventions in order to diminish the risk of violent behaviour. However, the heuristic value of their endeavours can be assessed and put into perspective only by discussing the MacArthur project as a whole.
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Côté, G. (2000). Commentary. In: Hodgins, S. (eds) Violence among the Mentally III. NATO Science Series, vol 90. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4130-7_4
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