The risk assessment wars: A commentary. Response to "Evaluating the effectiveness of actuarial risk assessment models" by Donald Baumann, J. Randolph Law, Janess Sheets, Grant Reid, and J. Christopher Graham, Children and Youth Services Review, 27, pp. 465-490

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 704-714

  Johnson, Will ^a  

^a Alameda County Department of Public Health   (United States)

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EID: 33645934817     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2005.07.007     Document Type: Note

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