Obedience to rules because of the fear of punishment is a characteristic of

As a community psychologist you have been hired to design a violence prevention program for a local school district. Your target population includes teenagers who have been convicted of violent crimes. Therefore your program will, by necessity, involve

a. primary prevention. b. secondary prevention. c. tertiary prevention. d. forensic prevention.

A public policy official reads that the rates of violence are five times higher among people with serious mental illness than they are among the general population. Based on this evidence, the public policy official recommends legislation that would allow

those with serious mental illness to be detained preventatively to keep them from committing violent offences. What is the scientific evidence that suggests that such a policy is not justified? Answer: