Prospective replication of the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide in predicting violent recidivism among forensic patients

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-394

  Harris, Grant T ^a,b   Rice, Marnie E ^a   Cormier, Catherine A ^a  

^a Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

^b Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actuarial versus clinical prediction; Violence risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; RATING SCALE; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE RISK APPRAISAL GUIDE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ONTARIO; PROBABILITY; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036676418     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016347320889     Document Type: Review

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