An actuarial model for assessment of prison violence risk among maximum security inmates

Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-49

  Cunningham, Mark D ^a   Sorensen, Jon R ^b,c   Reidy, Thomas J ^a  

^a Texas A and M University ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial; Maximum security; Prison violence; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MISSOURI; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 20844451227     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191104272815     Document Type: Article

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