Gender and risk assessment accuracy: Underestimating women's violence potential

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-186

  Skeem, Jennifer ^a   Schubert, Carol ^b   Stowman, Stephanie ^c   Beeson, Stacy ^c   Mulvey, Edward ^b   Gardner, William ^d   Lidz, Charles ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Mental illness; Risk assessment; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; VIOLENCE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; ADDICTION; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW UP; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 21844458467     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-005-3401-z     Document Type: Article

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