Development and preliminary validation of a defendant and offender screening tool for psychopathology in inmate populations

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-346

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a   Negy, Charles ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Defendant and Offender Screening Tool (DOST); Forensic evaluation; Inmates; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646423799     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806286194     Document Type: Article

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