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The right not to be a false positive: Problems in the application of the dangerousness standard

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  1. the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 12229, Albany, NY

    Henry J. Steadman Ph.D. (Director of the Bureau of Special Projects Research New York State Department of Mental Hygiene Albany)

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This paper will appear inPsychiatric Patient Rights and Patient Advocacy: Issues and Evidence, edited by Bernard C. Bloom and Shirley J. Asher to be published by Human Sciences Press. Permission to publish this paper in advance of its appearance in the book is gratefully acknowledged.

The research reported here was partially supported by PHS Grant MH28850 from the NIMH Center for Studies in Crime and Delinquency.

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Steadman, H.J. The right not to be a false positive: Problems in the application of the dangerousness standard. Psych Quart 52, 84–99 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01071879

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