Research has found that in terms of predicting a client's potential dangerousness, mental health professionals ____

a. often overpredict violence
b. do not have a consistent profile to use or reliable warning sights to help them
c. are less accurate than law enforcement officials at predicting violence
d. are accurate at predicting violence, but not accurate at predicting clients' nonviolent behaviors


a

Psychology

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