The effect of discordance among violence and general recidivism risk estimates on predictive accuracy

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-166

  Mills, Jeremy F ^a,b   Kroner, Daryl G ^c  

^a Bath Institution   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Pittsburgh Institution   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOPATHY; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33750121607     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.623     Document Type: Article

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