Finding High Risk Persons with Internet Tests to Manage Risk—A Literature Review with Policy Implications to Avoid Violent Tragedies, Save Lives and Money
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12968968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert John Zagar (0000-0003-0029-7396, corresponding author), Agata Karolina Zagar, Kenneth G Busch, J Garbarino (0000-0003-4625-4383, Loyola University Chicago), Terry Ferrari (Calumet College of Saint Joseph), John R Hughes (0000-0001-9893-7843, University of Illinois Chicago), Gordon L Patzer (Roosevelt University), Joseph W Kovach (Calumet College of Saint Joseph), William M Grove (Twin Cities Orthopedics), Steve Tippins (Walden University), Steve Imgrund (Columbia College - South Carolina), Judge Julia Quinn Dempsey, Brother Benjamin Basile (Calumet College of Saint Joseph) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 212-212 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of European Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1918-7173 • E-ISSN: 1918-7181 |
| Publisher | Canadian Center of Science and Education (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5539/res.v8n1p212 |
| OpenAlex | W2303528124 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
The goal is to share policy implications of sensitive, specific internet-based tests in place of current approaches to lowering violence, namely fewer mass murders, suicides, homicides. When used, internet-based tests save lives and money. From 2009-2015, a Chicago field test had 324 fewer homicides (saving $2,089,848,548, ROI =6.42). In 60 yrs., conventional approaches for high risk persons (e.g.,. inappropriately releasing poor, severely mentally ill) led to unnecessary expense including yearly: (a) 300 mass murders (59% demonstrating psychiatric conditions); (b) 1-6% having costly personnel challenges; (c) 2,100,000 “revolving door” Emergency-Room (ER) psychiatric admissions (41,149 suicides, 90% mentally ill); (d) 10,000,000 prisoners (14,146 homicides, 20% psychiatric challenges). Current metrics fail [success rates from 25%-73%: (1) for background checks (25%); (2) interviews ( M =46%); (3) physical exams ( M =49%); (4) other tests ( M =73%)]. Internet-based tests are simultaneously sensitive (97%), specific (97%), non-discriminatory, objective, inexpensive, $100/test, require 2-4 hrs
Actuarial science · Business · Criminology · Psychiatry · Sociology · Test (biology · The Internet · Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes · Computer Science · Demography · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Medicine · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
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