Assessment of violence risk in youth for juvenile court: Relevant factors for clinical judgment

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 236-240

  Duits, Nils ^a   Doreleijers, Theo A H ^b   van den Brink, Wim ^c  

^a Netherlands Institute of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical; Forensic assessment; SAVRY; Violence risk; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOPATHY; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRISONERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 45849092607     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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