Examining the role of static and dynamic risk factors in the prediction of inpatient violence: Variable- and person-focused analyses

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-338

  McDermott, Barbara E ^a,c   Edens, John F ^b   Quanbeck, Cameron D ^c   Busse, David ^c   Scott, Charles L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Dynamic risk factors; Institutional aggression; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PSYCHOPATHY; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; VALIDITY; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 47149106030     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9094-8     Document Type: Article

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