TY - JOUR T1 - Risky Business: Addressing the Consequences of Predicting Violence JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 396 LP - 401 VL - 39 IS - 3 AU - Sarah L. Miller AU - Stanley L. Brodsky Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/39/3/396.abstract N2 - Despite major advances in the prediction of violence and risk management, risk evaluations are necessarily imperfect. This article focuses on the role of the evaluator in such assessments and addresses the consequences incurred by clinicians involved in conducting risk assessments. We discuss the risks of overpredicting and underpredicting violence with respect to how these risks can influence an evaluator's opinion. Then, we review how law and psychology inform the clinician's work. Finally, in response to the compelling tendency toward overprediction of violence, we propose a preliminary self-assessment guide as a method of examining influences on the evaluator in assessing violence risk. ER -