Some Refinements in the Measurement and Prediction of Dangerous Behavior
JOSEPH J. COCOZZA M.A.1, and
HENRY J. STEADMAN PH.D.1
1 Senior Research Scientist in Sociology, Mental Health Research Unit, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 44 Holland Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12208
Recent analyses of data on the Baxstrom patients1 resuited in some refinements in the authors' measurement of dangerous behavior and the finding that two factors, particularly in combination, were highly related to subsequent arrest and dangerous behavior. The authors discuss the implications of this finding for the prediction of dangerous behavior and the need for additional research.
