John Monahan (EDT)/ Henry J. Steadman/ Eric Silver/ Paul S. Appelbaum/ Pamela Clark Robbins/ Edward P. Mulvey/ Loren H. Roth/ Thomas Grisso/ Steven Banks/ John Monahan/ Macarthur Violence Ri
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In courts across the country, judges depend on mental health experts to determine whether mentally disordered people are dangerous. But experts' ability to predict violence is severely limited, and t
The presumed link between mental disorder and violence has been the driving force behind mental health law and policy for centuries. Legislatures, courts, and the public have come to expect that menta