The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth as a Predictor of Recidivism in a United Kingdom Cohort of Adolescent Offenders With Conduct Disorder

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-46

  Dolan, Mairead C ^a   Rennie, Charlotte E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; prediction; psychopathy; SAVRY; violence risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; CONDUCT DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST YOUTH VERSION; RECIDIVISM; STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF VIOLENCE RISK IN YOUTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 40949133748     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.20.1.35     Document Type: Article

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