Actuarial models for assessing prison violence risk: Revisions and extensions of the Risk Assessment Scale for Prison (RASP)

Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-265

  Cunningham, Mark D ^a,c   Sorensen, Jon R ^b  

^a Prairie View A and M University ^*

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ABPP   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial; Prison violence; RASP; Risk assessment; Scale

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRISONER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PRISONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33746530029     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191106287791     Document Type: Article

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