Risk assessment tools plagued by 'authorship bias,' study finds

Original Article 09/04/2013 By Karen Franklin, Ph.D. Reported predictive validity higher in studies by an instrument's designers than by independent researchers The use of actuarial risk assessment instruments to predict violence is becoming more and more central to forensic psychology practice. And clinicians and courts rely on published data to establish that the tools live up to their claims of accurately separating high-risk from low-risk offenders. But as it turns out, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit our blog for full links, videos, studies and more! ]]