Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence - Hardcoverby John Monahan (Author), Henry J. Steadman (Author), Eric Silver (Author) The presumed link between mental disorder and violence has been the driving force behind mental health law and policy for centuries. Legislatures, courts, and the public have come to expect that mental health professionals will protect them from violent acts by persons with mental disorders. Yet for three decades research has shown that clinicians' unaided assessments of