Assessing violence risk in stalking cases: A regression tree approach

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-357

  Rosenfeld, Barry ^a   Lewis, Charles ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk assessment; Stalking; Violence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STALKING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIOLENCE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 24044441973     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-005-3318-6     Document Type: Article

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