A multiple-models approach to violence risk assessment among people with mental disorder

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 324-340

  Banks, Steven ^a   Robbins, Pamela Clark ^b   Silver, Eric ^c   Vesselinov, Roumen ^b   Steadman, Henry J ^b   Monahan, John ^d   Mulvey, Edward P ^e   Appelbaum, Paul S ^a   Grisso, Thomas ^a   Roth, Loren H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Policy Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Mental disorder; Multiple models; Violence risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542591720     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854804263635     Document Type: Article

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