An empirical investigation of written risk communication in forensic psychiatric evaluations

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 113-130

  Grann, Martin ^a   Pallvik, Annika ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036004713     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160208401812     Document Type: Article

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