Cues they use: Clinicians' endorsement of risk cues in predictions of dangerousness

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-156

  Odeh, Michael S ^a,b   Zeiss, Robert A ^c   Huss, Matthew T ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARANOIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; CUES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33646231245     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.672     Document Type: Article

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