The book contains papers on the prediction of child abuse using the Child Abuse Potential Inventory and on the prediction of homicide in spouse abuse, violence by sex offenders, and further assault by batterers. The first chapter specifically explores the prediction of intentional interpersonal violence and describes clinically based prediction models and predictive factors (history of violence, mental illness, substance abuse, and demographics). Subsequent chapters address clinical issues in predicting dangerousness, including legal, ethical, and psychometric issues; approaches to the development of predictive instruments; physical child abuse assessment and perpetrator evaluation; clinical assessment of risk factors for wife assault; the prediction of homicide by and against battered women; and the prediction of sex offenses, including rape and child molestation. References, tables, and figures