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John Monahan
Researcher at University of Virginia
Publications - 332
Citations - 22677
John Monahan is an academic researcher from University of Virginia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 72, co-authored 313 publications receiving 21833 citations. Previous affiliations of John Monahan include University of California, San Francisco & City University of New York.
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Coercion in Mental Health Services-International Perspectives
Joseph P. Morrissey,John Monahan +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Morrissey et al. present an overview of coercion in mental health services, focusing on the sociopolitical context of risk, violence, and mental disorder in psychiatric care.
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Beyond context: social facts as case-specific evidence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue against expert judgment as the means of linking general social science to specific cases, and for the use of methodologically rigorous case-specific research to produce "social facts, " or case specific evidence derived from social science principles.
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Prediction of dangerousness as a function of its perceived consequences
John Monahan,Lesley Cummings +1 more
TL;DR: The results supported the hypothesis that predictions of dangerousness are at least in part a function of the consequences of the prediction: subjects were more likely to predict another dangerous if the prediction would lead to his mental hospitalization than if it wouldLead to his imprisonment.
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Dangerous Offenders A Critique of Kozol et al. April 6, 1973 TO THE EDITOR
TL;DR: The concept of a voucher system for the purchase of services has its greatest potential in community correction, where offenders are, so to speak, in partnership with correctional agents as mentioned in this paper. But the concept is unrealistic.
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The quality control of community caretakers: a study of mental health screening in a sheriff's department.
Leah B. McDonough,John Monahan +1 more
TL;DR: The data show that although some psychological factors are related to failure on the job, intellectual factors are the best predictors of advancement in the department and the psychiatric interview did not relate to any of the performance criteria.