An indepth actuarial assessment for wife assault recidivism: The Domestic Violence Risk Appraisal Guide

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-163

  Hilton, N Zoe ^a   Harris, Grant T ^a   Rice, Marnie E ^a   Houghton, Ruth E ^a,b   Eke, Angela W ^c  

^a Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

^b York Regional Police   (Canada)

^c Ontario Provincial Police   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actuarial; Domestic violence; Psychopathy; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DANGER ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RISK APPRAISAL GUIDE; HARE PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ONTARIO DOMESTIC ASSAULT RISK ASSESSMENT; POLICE; PRISON NURSING; PSYCHOPATHY; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SPOUSAL ASSAULT RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIFE ASSAULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749123723     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9088-6     Document Type: Article

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