Multiple Choice
A false positive in a risk assessment for dangerousness
A) is predicting that the person will be dangerous when they are not.
B) is predicting that the person will be not dangerous when they are.
C) is being sure that despite prediction of the risk assessment tool, the person is dangerous.
D) applies only to the use of actuarial tools for predicting dangerousness.
Correct Answer:
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