The Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) is a 72-item, self-report measure designed to predict recidivism, supervision violations, and related behaviors among nonmentally disordered Canadian federal offenders. In the present article, the authors demonstrate that the SAQ maintains satisfactory predictive validity on cross-validation with a high-risk correctional psychiatric sample.

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The process of team building may be inhibited by feelings of personal risk and insecurity. The individual needs to feel safe before becoming an effective team member, and contracting can provide this safety. The “contract” is the system of rules defining acceptable behaviour between people, and two important components of the package are the “task” and “personal” elements. The whole contract must be discussed openly and carefully maintained as the team matures and changes.

History is under attack. It is being manipulated, used and abused by national leaders around the world. Here we interview five leading historians about what happens when history becomes a weapon 47(01): 31/34 |