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Gender and perceptions of dangerousness in civil psychiatric patients

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Elbogen, EB; Williams, AL; Kim, D; Tomkins, AJ; Scalora, MJ
Published in: Legal and Criminological Psychology
January 1, 2001

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between gender and clinicians' judgments of dangerousness in civil psychiatric facilities. Methods. Eighty-one clinicians working in acute, chronic or crisis settings rated violence risk of actual patients, rendering a total of 648 judgments of dangerousness. Results. Statistical analyses revealed the expected higher ratings of dangerousness for male compared to female patients, but also showed a significant interaction between clinician's gender and patient's gender on judgments of dangerousness. Conclusions. One of the most interesting findings in this study was that female clinicians perceived a greater gender gap in violence potential among psychiatric patients than did male clinicians. In fact, male clinicians perceived male and female patients to show approximately the same risk of violent behaviour. The results raise important questions for future risk assessment research and for clinical decision-making in the context of civil commitment.

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Legal and Criminological Psychology

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1355-3259

Publication Date

January 1, 2001

Volume

6

Issue

2

Start / End Page

215 / 228

Related Subject Headings

  • Criminology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 4805 Legal systems
  • 4402 Criminology
  • 1801 Law
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1602 Criminology
 

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Elbogen, E. B., Williams, A. L., Kim, D., Tomkins, A. J., & Scalora, M. J. (2001). Gender and perceptions of dangerousness in civil psychiatric patients. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 6(2), 215–228. https://doi.org/10.1348/135532501168299
Elbogen, E. B., A. L. Williams, D. Kim, A. J. Tomkins, and M. J. Scalora. “Gender and perceptions of dangerousness in civil psychiatric patients.” Legal and Criminological Psychology 6, no. 2 (January 1, 2001): 215–28. https://doi.org/10.1348/135532501168299.
Elbogen EB, Williams AL, Kim D, Tomkins AJ, Scalora MJ. Gender and perceptions of dangerousness in civil psychiatric patients. Legal and Criminological Psychology. 2001 Jan 1;6(2):215–28.
Elbogen, E. B., et al. “Gender and perceptions of dangerousness in civil psychiatric patients.” Legal and Criminological Psychology, vol. 6, no. 2, Jan. 2001, pp. 215–28. Scopus, doi:10.1348/135532501168299.
Elbogen EB, Williams AL, Kim D, Tomkins AJ, Scalora MJ. Gender and perceptions of dangerousness in civil psychiatric patients. Legal and Criminological Psychology. 2001 Jan 1;6(2):215–228.
Journal cover image

Published In

Legal and Criminological Psychology

DOI

ISSN

1355-3259

Publication Date

January 1, 2001

Volume

6

Issue

2

Start / End Page

215 / 228

Related Subject Headings

  • Criminology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 4805 Legal systems
  • 4402 Criminology
  • 1801 Law
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1602 Criminology