Police referral to victim support: The predictive and diagnostic value of the RISK (10) screening instrument

Crisis

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 118-127

  Winkel, Frans Willem ^a,d,e,f,g,h   Wohlfarth, Tamar ^a,b   Blaauw, Eric ^a,c  

^a FlevoCenter for Victimology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f VUA ^*  (Netherlands)

^g Postgrad Programs World Soc V   (Netherlands)

^h FlevoCenter for Victimology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AD; Police referral; Postvictimization distress; Screening; Victim support

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POLICE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 4544354942     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.25.3.118     Document Type: Article

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