Colin H. Roberts

Gender differences in structured risk assessment: comparing the accuracy of five instruments.

Structured risk assessment should guide clinical risk management, but it is uncertain which instrument has the highest predictive accuracy among men and women. In the present study, the authors compared the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; R. D. Hare, 1991, 2003); the Historical, Clinical, Risk Management-20 (HCR-20; C. D. Webster, K. S. Douglas, D. Eaves, & S. D. Hart, 1997); the Risk Matrix 2000-Violence (RM2000[V]; D. Thornton et al., 2003); the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG; V. L. Quinsey, G. T. Harris, M. E. Rice, & C. A. Cormier, 1998); the Offenders Group Reconviction Scale (OGRS; J. B. Copas & P. Marshall, 1998; R. Taylor, 1999); and the total previous convictions among prisoners, prospectively assessed prerelease. The authors compared predischarge measures with subsequent offending and instruments ranked using multivariate regression. Most instruments demonstrated significant but moderate predictive ability. The OGRS ranked highest for violence among men, and the PCL-R and HCR-20 H subscale ranked highest for violence among women. The OGRS and total previous acquisitive convictions demonstrated greatest accuracy in predicting acquisitive offending among men and women. Actuarial instruments requiring no training to administer performed as well as personality assessment and structured risk assessment and were superior among men for violence.

The birth of the codex

First published in 1954, this book examines the process by which the Codex--the traditional form of the western book--replaced the scroll as the primary vehicle for literature. Drawing upon evidence accumulated in the last thirty years, this edition gives fresh insight into the remarkable role the early Christian church played in the transformation of the printed word.

Manuscript, society, and belief in early Christian Egypt

Abbreviations Lecture I. The Evidence of the Papyri Lecture II. Nomina Sacra: Origins and Significance Lecture III. The Character and Development of The Church Appendices

The Kingdom of Heaven (Lk. XVII.21)

Έπeρωτηθeὶς δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν Φαρισαίων πότe ἔρχeται ἡ βασιλeία τοῦ Θeοῦ ἀπeκρίθη αὐτοῖς καὶ eἶπeν Οὐκ ἔρχeται ἡ βασιλeία μeτὰ παρατηρήσeως, οὐδὲ ἐροῦσιν Ίδοὺ ὡδe ἤ Έκeῖ ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἡ βασιλeία τοῦ Θeοῦ ἐντὸς ὑμῶν ἐστίν