Developing a practical forecasting screener for domestic violence incidents

Evaluation Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 358-383

  Berk, Richard A ^a   He, Yan ^a   Sorenson, Susan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Domestic violence; Family violence; Police; Spousal assault

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RESEARCH;

EID: 23744453409     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X05275333     Document Type: Article

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