the constructs of risk, dangerousness and assessments for both
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In performing assessments, we speak about the possibility of a False Positive (a Type I error) and a False Negative (a Type II error).

What is a Parens Patriae model?
What are False Positive and False Negative errors?

In conducting assessments in a Parens Patriae model, which would be “worse” to commit; a false positive or a false negative? Why?
Provide a hypothetical example for a false positive and a false negative in risk assessments