Threat assessment: Defining an approach for evaluating risk of targeted violence

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-337

  Borum, Randy ^a   Fein, Robert ^b   Vossekuil, Bryan ^b   Berglund, John ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Threat Assessment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREAT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032829586     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199907/09)17:3<323::AID-BSL349>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Review

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