Risk assessment with offenders

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 187-194

  Towl, Graham J ^a,c   Crighton, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HM Prison Highpoint   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMICIDE; HUMAN; OFFENDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030797742     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540269775385     Document Type: Review

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