From dangerousness to risk assessment of community violence: Taking stock at the turn of the century

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-271

  Steadman, H J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033774450     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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