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Valoración psicológica del riesgo de violencia: alcance y limitaciones para su uso en el contexto forense

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: For some time, in legal and scientific contexts there is concern about the lack of technical criteria for assessing expert evidence by judges and courts, given the influence it can have on judgments. In this paper this concern is addressed in relation to psychological expert evidence of risk of violence, which has acquired a special role with recent penal reforms. The main explanatory keys, according to the authors, of limited predictive ability of the tests most commonly used today for this purpose -actuarial guides, and structured clinical judgment guides - are analyzed, and also the advantages for different legal operators of using these expert tests are presented. Finally, some requirements from the technical point of view, which could provide a critical analysis of expert tests by judges and courts are suggested.

Source: Anuario de Psicología Jurídica

DOI: 10.1016/j.apj.2016.04.005

Authors: José Manuel Muñoz Vicente, Juan José López-Ossorio

Institution: Comunidad de Madrid

Language: Spanish

Topic: Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2394628178