John Monohan, University of Virginia, has a new essay forthcoming in a symposium issue of the Cincinnati Law Review, Tarasoff at Thirty: How Developments in Science and Policy Shape the Common Law. Here's the abstract:
In an article for a symposium issue of the Cincinnati Law Review on the thirtieth anniversary of the Tarasoff decision, finding therapists potentially liable in tort for the violent acts of their patients, I address two types of change that have occurred in the past three decades: change in the science of violence risk assessment, and change in American mental health policy. In Part I, I analyze the growing body of empirical research supporting the proposition that in order to maximize validity, violence risk assessments must be either partially or completely structured. In Part II, I consider current developments in American mental health policy on outpatient commitment and its implications for violence prevention and for vicarious liability.
Risk assessment by mental health professionals and the prevention of future violent behavior.
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