Tag: Eric L. Lang

  • Breaking the Ceiling on Risk Assessment: Dispositional Indicators of Risk Exposure (DIRE) Scale

    Breaking the Ceiling on Risk Assessment: Dispositional Indicators of Risk Exposure (DIRE) Scale

    Current risk-assessment methods may be approaching a ceiling on accuracy. The domain of personality represents a source of untapped information for enhancing prediction not only of criminality but also of broadly defined misconduct, including breaches of trust and other forms of non-criminal insider threat in organizations. We describe the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP), a comprehensive…