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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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The MacArthur Adjudicative Competence Study: Development and Validation of a Research
TL;DR: The MacArthur Structured Assessment of the Competencies of Criminal Defendants (MacSAC-CD) as mentioned in this paper is a set of measures for assessing defendants' competency to stand trial.
Alternative pathways to violence in persons with schizophrenia: The role of childhood conduct problems
John Monahan,Eric Elbogen,Alicia Smith,Marvin S. Swartz,Richard A. Van Dorn,Jeffrey W. Swanson +5 more
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Lost in translation: “Risks,” “needs,” and “evidence” in implementing the First Step Act
Jennifer L. Skeem,John Monahan +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that if the First Step Act is to live up to its promise of being a game-changing development in efforts to reduce crime while simultaneously shrinking mass incarceration, "needs assessment" must be subject to vastly increased empirical attention, variable and causal risk factors must be identified and validly assessed, and interventions to reduce risk must be rigorously evaluated.