Structured professional judgment of violence risk in forensic clinical practice: A prospective study into the predictive validity of the Dutch HCR-20

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-336

  De Vogel, Vivienne ^a   De Ruiter, Corine ^b,c  

^a Department of Research ^*  (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HCR 20; Predictive validity; Risk assessment; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744973058     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160600569029     Document Type: Article

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