Assessing the risk of domestic violence reoffending: A validation study

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 437-455

  Williams, Kirk R ^a   Houghton, Amy Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Legal Advocacy Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence reoffending; Domestic violence risk assessment; validating assessments of risk

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COLORADO; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 4444283791     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAHU.0000039334.59297.f0     Document Type: Article

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