All of the Following Statements Are True About Actuarial Risk

question 58

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements are true about actuarial risk assessment, EXCEPT:

• A) Actuarial measures mostly rely on historical markers because dynamic and risk management markers are more difficult to measure.
• B) If only static markers are used for risk assessment, people committed under SVP laws would never be released.
• C) Actuarial instruments do not include rare factors impacting violence risk, only the more common factors.
• D) Research shows that clinicians can improve the accuracy of actuarial prediction if they adjust it based on their clinical intuition.

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