Invited editorial: A green-fingered approach can improve the clinical utility of violence risk assessment tools

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-158

  Thomas, Stuart ^a   Leese, Morven ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ASSOCIATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0347986625     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.538     Document Type: Editorial

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